Events (Subscribe)
Links
BBC Education National Poetry Day
http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/poetry/
Includes links to "A Poetic Picture of Britain," an online audio archive, as well as the results of a national limerick contest, a vote on Britain's best-loved comic poem, and other resources.
Camelford Poetry Festival
Annual festival at the Indian King Arts Centre in north Cornwall. Workshops led by John Greening, Caroline Carver and Harry Guest, plus open mic session and a performance by Late Shift.
Shore Poets
Scotland's leading platform for live poetry. Monthly readings & music at the Canon's Gait, High Street, Edinburgh
The Bristol Poetry Slam
http://www.digitalbristol.org/members/poetry/
Competitive poetry - poets perform their work and the audience decide the winner by their applause. History, slamming in schools and workshops.
The Respect Slam
http://www.poetrysociety.org.uk/education/slamgd03.htm
Explanation of the event for schools and youth organisations. Rules, dates and archives of previous respect slams.
