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2008Derwent Poetry Festival 2008The festival features some of our best modern poets.
The opening reception and presentation of the 2008 Templar
Poetry
Pamphlet and Anthology Prizes is followed by a reading from the
acclaimed Liverpool-born poet, Paul Farley. On Saturday and
Sunday
the authors of four new Templar Poetry pamphlets, four
collections
and a poetic biography read and talk about their work.
Poets featured include Paul Farley, Tim Liardet, Jane Weir,
Pat
Winslow, Rob Hindle, Dawn Wood, Jane Routh, Pat Borthwick and
Jo Haslam. Four new pamphlets are launched by Siobhan Campbell,
Mike Barlow, Katrina Naomi and Maggie O’Dwyer and anthology
poets are reading from their work at events hosted by Angela
Cleland. All ten newly published titles are available from the
Festival
Bookshop with our previously published poetry and a wide
selection
of second hand books. The Bookshop is open throughout the
festival
in the Arkwright Suite. Along with the Bookshop are stands and
displays from poetry magazines and other presses and an
exclusive
exhibition of original paintings by our guest visual artist,
Karen
Isherwood.
The Festival events all take place in the Arkwright and
Archive
Conference Suites located above the Working Textile Museum at
Masson Mills. The venue is on the A6, half a mile south of Matlock
Bath and close to the Matlock Bath Railway Station which connects
to Derby mainline routes and is on main Bus Routes.
Bookings: 01629
582500
Stand Enquiries: info@templarpoetry.co.uk
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