Faversham Literary Festival 2025

For several years now, I’ve had the great fun of hosting poets at the Faversham Literary Festival and generally helping out. It’s in February, just when we need a lift after a long winter, and every year we say afterwards that it was the best yet. Somehow it always is. Congratulations to Amanda and Mark who run it with Will and the tech team and Megan, our marvellous woman with the clipboard. Here are a handful of photos of what we got up to:

Below is our outstanding showcase of local authors, with a picture below of me and my shepherd’s crook, in case anyone went on too long…

Maggie Harris, Mike Bartholomew-Biggs and me after our Hub reading in Faversham’s medieval Guildhall. Below are happy bar staff (with Mark) after a long day, Mark and Amanda with Linton Kwesi Johnson in St Mary’s, Faversham, and Christopher Horton wowing the Guildhall at the Hub

Events between now and March

Poetry events are springing up like bulbs at the moment. Details of three (three!) events of mine are on my events page here:

Thursday, 21 March 2024, 6.30pm at Ashford Library;

5 March, 2024 at 7pm: In-Words’ Shakespeare event in West Greenwich Library, London SE10;

and at the FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL Poetry Hub, I will read on Saturday 24 February, 2024 at 11am and co-host throughout the day.

For all these events I will be in the best of company and would love you to join us.