OUR October EXTRAVAGANZA

The Gloucester Poetry Festival 2019

Our 2019 festival brought an even greater experience than 2018, with 17 events over the month with renowned poets and spoken word artists booked as guest and feature poets!

Download the festival guide

Download the 2019 Festival flyer

Follow our Facebook Festival Page

Learn more about the 2019 Festival and all of the guest poets involved as well as the latest festival news!

You can also see past years events for our 2017 and 2018 festivals.

Be sure to head over and like the page and keep an eye out for news of our 2020 festival.

If you don’t use facebook, don’t worry, you can head back to this website for festival news too.

Our 2019 Guest Poets

We had a wonderful array of specially selected guest poets to entertain and inspire you, including local and nationally renowned poets and spoken word artists.

Adam Horovitz (Copy)

Adam Horovitz (Copy)

Anna Saunders (Copy)

Anna Saunders (Copy)

John Porter (Copy)

John Porter (Copy)

Nick Lovell (Copy)

Nick Lovell (Copy)

Clive Oseman (Copy)

Clive Oseman (Copy)

Mel Wardle Woodend (Copy)

Mel Wardle Woodend (Copy)

Charlie Markwick (Copy)

Charlie Markwick (Copy)

Abdul-Ahad Patel (Copy)

Abdul-Ahad Patel (Copy)

Guy Mortenson (Copy)

Guy Mortenson (Copy)

Peter Lay (Copy)

Peter Lay (Copy)

Stephen Boyce (Copy)

Stephen Boyce (Copy)

Jemima Hughes (Copy)

Jemima Hughes (Copy)

Chloë Jacquet (Copy)

Chloë Jacquet (Copy)

Tanya Feasey (Copy)

Nicola Harrison (Copy)

Nicola Harrison (Copy)

Rowan Middleton (Copy)

Rowan Middleton (Copy)

Maria Stadnicka (Copy)

Maria Stadnicka (Copy)

Belinda Rimmer (Copy)

Belinda Rimmer (Copy)

Birdspeed (Copy)

Birdspeed (Copy)

Casey Bailey (Copy)

Casey Bailey (Copy)

Patricia Camp (Copy)

Patricia Camp (Copy)

Kayleigh Campbell (Copy)

Kayleigh Campbell (Copy)

Scott Cowley (Copy)

Scott Cowley (Copy)

Z D Dicks (Copy)

Z D Dicks (Copy)

Jason Conway (Copy)

Jason Conway (Copy)

Andrea Mbarushimana (Copy)

Andrea Mbarushimana (Copy)

Sarah Leavesley (Copy)

Sarah Leavesley (Copy)

David Ashbee (Copy)

David Ashbee (Copy)

Sharon Larkin (Copy)

Sharon Larkin (Copy)

Roger Turner (Copy)

Roger Turner (Copy)

Derek Dohren (Copy)

Derek Dohren (Copy)

Dick Brice (Copy)

Dick Brice (Copy)

Annie Cavill (Copy)

Annie Cavill (Copy)

Maggie Clutterbuck (Copy)

Maggie Clutterbuck (Copy)

Keith Morgan (Copy)

Keith Morgan (Copy)

Carol Sheppard (Copy)

Carol Sheppard (Copy)

Liz Lefroy (Copy)

Liz Lefroy (Copy)

Josephine Lay (Copy)

Josephine Lay (Copy)

R M Francis (Copy)

R M Francis (Copy)

Jennie Farley (Copy)

Jennie Farley (Copy)

David Clarke (Copy)

David Clarke (Copy)

Stewart Carswell (Copy)

Stewart Carswell (Copy)

Zoe Brooks (Copy)

Zoe Brooks (Copy)

Festival Sponsors and thanks

Sponsors

Sustainable Business Design

Black Eyes Publishing UK

Red Piranha Photography

Drea MacMillan Social Marketing

Venues

Barewall Art Gallery, Burslem, Staffordshire

Gloucester Folk Museum, Gloucester

Gloucester Library, Gloucester

Olympus Theatre, Gloucester

St Mary’s De Crypt, Gloucester

The Fountain Inn, Gloucester

The Sober Parot, Cheltenham

The Station Hotel, Gloucester

The Old Bell (Tiger’s Eye Restaurant), Gloucester

Waterstones Gloucester

Event Hosts

Charlie Markwick

Chloé Jacquet

Jason Conway

Josephine Lay

Nick Lovell

Sarah Snell-Pym

Z D Dicks

Thanks also go to Jason Conway of The Daydream Academy, for his continued design and marketing support for the festival and society.

Screen Shot 2019-11-05 at 20.51.30.png