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8th Festival of Suffolk Poetry
Saturday, 14 May 2022 The 8th Festival of Suffolk Poetry was held over two days. Friday 13 May was online, and Saturday, 14 May was live at the John Peel Centre for Creative Arts in Stowmarket. The day began with workshops from Rebecca Goss and André Mangeot. Rebecca led a workshop ‘Exploring the Spectrum: The…
Witching Hour Walk
SPS at Poetry in Aldeburgh 2019 Saturday 9 November An intrepid band of poetry lovers went on a brisk walk round Aldeburgh listening to poems at the Baptist Church, in the Moot Hall where witches were imprisoned by the Witchfinder General and in the churchyard. Elizabeth Soule curated the poems, Sue Wallace-Shaddad and Sue Mobbs…
Flight Paths
As one of the society’s contributions to Poetry in Aldeburgh 2019, Antony Johae, Anne Boileau and Kate Foley followed the flight paths of their imaginations as they read from their recent collections.
6th Festival of Suffolk Poetry
Grevel Lindop and Kate Foley headlined the 6th Festival of Suffolk Poetry on 11 May 2019.
5th Festival of Suffolk Poetry
Grevel Lindop, Rebecca Watts and Susan Utting headlined the 5th Festival of Suffolk Poetry on 26 May 2018
4th Festival of Suffolk Poetry
On 29 May 2017, Gregory Warren Wilson and Nancy Mattson headlined the 4th Festival of Suffolk Poetry. Terry Waite CBE talked to Lord Phillips of Sudbury about his life and new book of poetry.
3rd Festival of Suffolk Poetry
Dean Parkin with Maurice Horhut on Piano and Myra Schneider headlined the 3rd Festival of Suffolk Poetry on 28 May 2016.
Crabbe Competition Awards 2015
Robert Seatter was the adjudicator for 2015. Caroline Gilfillan won First Prize with ‘Things He Loved’. Alex Toms won Second Prize with ‘The Last Lady Eel Catcher’. Gillian Bence-Jones won Third Prize with ‘The Miller’s Son’
2nd Festival of Suffolk Poetry
Michael Laskey and Angela Locke were the headline guest poets at the 2nd Festival of Suffolk Poetry on 30 May 2015.
