TEIGNMOUTH POETRY (MINI) FESTIVAL – 28TH/29TH MAY 2022
Our festivals in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled. Poetry Teignmouth is immensely grateful to those who supported us in so many ways through those difficult times. And now we’re back with a one day (Mini) Festival plus Workshop.
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Our festivals in 2020 and 2021 were cancelled. Poetry Teignmouth is immensely grateful to those who supported us in so many ways through those difficult times. And now we’re back with a one day (Mini) Festival plus Workshop.
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The festival brochure is below. To download it in .pdf format click here.
To download the brochure in .pdf format click here, not previous line.
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PROGRAMME
ALL EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN THE PAVILIONS
Pavilions Teignmouth, Den Crescent, Teignmouth, TQ14 8BG
Tickets for all events and workshop are available only through
Pavilions Teignmouth, either in person, by phone, or online at
www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk / 01626 249049
Box Office hours: Mon to Sat, 10am - 3pm and for one hour before
a performance or screening.
Note: booking charge of 50p per transaction (not per individual ticket)
for bookings in person, and £1 per transaction for online/phone bookings.
No charge for tickets to free events.
Unsold tickets for events (except workshop) will be available on the door.
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Sat 28th May
Pavilions Teignmouth – The Studio
2 – 3.00pm FREE - but ticket required, limited space
Despite Knowing
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/despite-knowing
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PROGRAMME
ALL EVENTS TAKE PLACE IN THE PAVILIONS
Pavilions Teignmouth, Den Crescent, Teignmouth, TQ14 8BG
Tickets for all events and workshop are available only through
Pavilions Teignmouth, either in person, by phone, or online at
www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk / 01626 249049
Box Office hours: Mon to Sat, 10am - 3pm and for one hour before
a performance or screening.
Note: booking charge of 50p per transaction (not per individual ticket)
for bookings in person, and £1 per transaction for online/phone bookings.
No charge for tickets to free events.
Unsold tickets for events (except workshop) will be available on the door.
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Sat 28th May
Pavilions Teignmouth – The Studio
2 – 3.00pm FREE - but ticket required, limited space
Despite Knowing
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/despite-knowing
Veronica Aaronson introduces her important anthology of poems
on the subject of addiction. Despite Knowing ranges through alcohol,
drugs, gambling, computers, sex, phones and shopping, looking at
the problem of addiction from the perspectives of users, family
members and professionals. Over 50 poets contributed: many will
read their work at this event – and some will present their poems
in the form of songs.
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on the subject of addiction. Despite Knowing ranges through alcohol,
drugs, gambling, computers, sex, phones and shopping, looking at
the problem of addiction from the perspectives of users, family
members and professionals. Over 50 poets contributed: many will
read their work at this event – and some will present their poems
in the form of songs.
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Pavilions Teignmouth – Auditorium
3.30 – 4.30pm £5.00
Tom Sastry & Caleb Parkin, presented by Marc Woodward
Booking link: https://www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/tom-sastry-caleb-parkin-presented-marc-woodward
3.30 – 4.30pm £5.00
Tom Sastry & Caleb Parkin, presented by Marc Woodward
Booking link: https://www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/tom-sastry-caleb-parkin-presented-marc-woodward
Tom Sastry is a funny and engaging performer. His first collection,
A Man's House Catches Fire (2019) was highly commended in the
Forward Prize and shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection
Prize. He will be showcasing his latest collection You have no normal
country to return to, a darkly comic exploration of national identity
and the power of modern myths.
A Man's House Catches Fire (2019) was highly commended in the
Forward Prize and shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection
Prize. He will be showcasing his latest collection You have no normal
country to return to, a darkly comic exploration of national identity
and the power of modern myths.
Caleb Parkin is Bristol City Poet 2020 – 22. His work has appeared in
The Guardian, Rialto, Poetry Review, Magma and many other periodicals.
Books include This Fruiting Body (Nine Arches Press) and Wasted Rainbow
(Tall Lighthouse). He came 2nd in the National Poetry Competition 2016
and 1st in the Winchester Poetry Prize 2017. Caleb tutors for the Poetry
Society, Poetry School, Arvon and others, and has an MSc in Creative
Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. Later this year there’ll be a new
pamphlet from Broken Sleep and a collection of his ‘City Poet’ work.
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The Guardian, Rialto, Poetry Review, Magma and many other periodicals.
Books include This Fruiting Body (Nine Arches Press) and Wasted Rainbow
(Tall Lighthouse). He came 2nd in the National Poetry Competition 2016
and 1st in the Winchester Poetry Prize 2017. Caleb tutors for the Poetry
Society, Poetry School, Arvon and others, and has an MSc in Creative
Writing for Therapeutic Purposes. Later this year there’ll be a new
pamphlet from Broken Sleep and a collection of his ‘City Poet’ work.
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Pavilions Teignmouth – Auditorium
5 – 6.30pm FREE – no ticket required
Competition Prizegiving
The top 10 successful poets in each category of the Teignmouth
Poetry Festival Competition will read their poems and there’ll be
adjudications from Open judge Katrina Naomi, and Rosie Jackson,
judge for the inaugural Graham Burchell Award for Devon Poets.
Followed by prize presentations, and an opportunity to ‘Meet the
Judges’. Introduced by Virginia Griem and Ian Royce Chamberlain.
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Pavilions Teignmouth – Auditorium
8 – 9.00pm £10.00
Katrina Naomi & Rosie Jackson, readings from our
competition judges, presented by Jennie Osborne
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/katrina-naomi-rosie-jackson-presented-jennie-osborne
5 – 6.30pm FREE – no ticket required
Competition Prizegiving
The top 10 successful poets in each category of the Teignmouth
Poetry Festival Competition will read their poems and there’ll be
adjudications from Open judge Katrina Naomi, and Rosie Jackson,
judge for the inaugural Graham Burchell Award for Devon Poets.
Followed by prize presentations, and an opportunity to ‘Meet the
Judges’. Introduced by Virginia Griem and Ian Royce Chamberlain.
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Pavilions Teignmouth – Auditorium
8 – 9.00pm £10.00
Katrina Naomi & Rosie Jackson, readings from our
competition judges, presented by Jennie Osborne
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/katrina-naomi-rosie-jackson-presented-jennie-osborne
Katrina Naomi’s latest project, Same But Different, is a poetic collaboration
with Helen Mort, published in Sept 2021 by Hazel Press. Her most recent
collection, Wild Persistence, (Seren, 2020), received an Authors’ Foundation
award from the Society of Authors. Her poetry has appeared on Poems on
the Underground and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. Katrina lives in Cornwall.
www.katrinanaomi.co.uk
with Helen Mort, published in Sept 2021 by Hazel Press. Her most recent
collection, Wild Persistence, (Seren, 2020), received an Authors’ Foundation
award from the Society of Authors. Her poetry has appeared on Poems on
the Underground and BBC Radio 4’s Front Row. Katrina lives in Cornwall.
www.katrinanaomi.co.uk
Rosie Jackson’s many competition successes include first prize in the
Teignmouth Open, 2021. Her poetry publications include, most recently,
Light Makes it Easy from Indigo Dreams. This followed two collaborations:
Aloneness is a Many-Headed Bird (with Dawn Gorman, Hedgehog Press, 2020),
and Two Girls and a Beehive (with the late Graham Burchell, Two Rivers Press,
2020). www.rosiejackson.org.uk
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Teignmouth Open, 2021. Her poetry publications include, most recently,
Light Makes it Easy from Indigo Dreams. This followed two collaborations:
Aloneness is a Many-Headed Bird (with Dawn Gorman, Hedgehog Press, 2020),
and Two Girls and a Beehive (with the late Graham Burchell, Two Rivers Press,
2020). www.rosiejackson.org.uk
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Sun 29th May
Pavilions Teignmouth – The Studio
10.30 – 1.00pm £15.00 - ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Poetry Workshop with Katrina Naomi
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/poetry-workshop-katrina-naomi
'What Makes a Prize-Winning Poem?' Katrina knows about competition
success – only last year she won the prestigious Keats-Shelley Competition.
But as a highly experienced judge she is also well-qualified to talk about
the elusive art of making a judge sit up and take notice. She will discuss
how not to do it, but mostly she’ll encourage people to think about titles,
first lines, last lines, verbs, even themes – and that crucial matter of
injecting some flamboyance.
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Pavilions Teignmouth – The Studio
10.30 – 1.00pm £15.00 - ADVANCE BOOKING ESSENTIAL
Poetry Workshop with Katrina Naomi
Booking link: www.pavilionsteignmouth.org.uk/events/poetry-workshop-katrina-naomi
'What Makes a Prize-Winning Poem?' Katrina knows about competition
success – only last year she won the prestigious Keats-Shelley Competition.
But as a highly experienced judge she is also well-qualified to talk about
the elusive art of making a judge sit up and take notice. She will discuss
how not to do it, but mostly she’ll encourage people to think about titles,
first lines, last lines, verbs, even themes – and that crucial matter of
injecting some flamboyance.
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