Programme
Click here to download a PDF version of the full Festival programme. Print copies of the 12-page brochure will be available from many Sheffield venues from early May (including Sheffield Libraries, Blackwells, The Showroom, Bank Street Arts, Rare & Racy and Cupola Gallery), and other venues around South Yorkshire. Any changes to the advertised programme (where known in advance) will be posted here.
Click on the drop-down boxes from the ‘Programme’ menu (above) to access programme information for the twelve festival events, or click directly on the event links below for more information about each event (the links are embedded in the title of each event, and will also allow you to book in advance where applicable).
See each individual listing for ticket prices. For further information about booking, please click here.
The Festival Team
Tuesday 16 May
Wordlife: Politics Special
with GERRY POTTER & OPEN MIC
DINA Venue, 32 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, S1 4HP
7pm to 11pm
Donations on the door
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Monday 22 May
Raising Your Voice: a workshop
with HELEN MORT
Grimm & Co, 2 Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, S65 1DJ
4pm to 6pm
£5 (in advance only)
A reading
with HIVE YOUNG WRITERS, LYDIA ALLISON, WARDA YASSIN,
THEOPHILUS KWEK, PHOEBE STUCKES and HELEN MORT
Grimm & Co, 2 Doncaster Gate, Rotherham, S65 1DJ
7.30pm to 9.15pm
£7 / £6 conc. (in advance or on the door)
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Tuesday 23 May
Postgraduate Creative Writing Showcase
University of Sheffield, School of English, Jessop West, 1 Upper Hanover St, Sheffield, S3 7RA
6pm to 8pm
Free event
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Wednesday 24 May
Poetry Room
Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
12.30pm to 2pm
Free event
A reading
with CHRISSY WILLIAMS, ROY MCFARLANE, ZENA EDWARDS and IAN DUHIG
The Civic, Hanson St, Barnsley, S79 2HZ
7.30pm to 9.10pm
£10 / £8 conc. (from The Civic box office – click here or phone 01226 327000)
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Thursday 25 May
A reading
with RUBY ROBINSON, WILLIAM LETFORD and KATHARINE TOWERS
Upper Chapel, Norfolk St, Sheffield, S1 2JD
7.30pm to 8.45pm
£10 / £8 conc. (in advance or on the door)
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Friday 26 May
The Unsung
with GENEVIEVE CARVER
Bank Street Arts, 32-40 Bank Street, Sheffield, S1 2DS
7.30pm to 8.30pm
£7 / £6 conc. (in advance or on the door)
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Saturday 27 May
A Poetry Business Writing Day
with Ann and Peter Sansom
North Church House, 84 Queen St, Sheffield, S1 2DW
10.15am to 4pm
£30 / £25 unwaged (email office@poetrybusiness.co.uk to book)
Book Launch
with CORA GREENHILL
Grindleford Bishop Pavilion, Main Rd, Grindleford, S32 2JN
7.30pm to 9.30pm
All enquiries: cora@thirteenthmoon.co.uk
Verse Matters
with KATE FOX, SALENA GODDEN, COR/PO PERFORMANCE with ANGELINA ABEL & OTHERS, MINA SALAMA, HIVE YOUNG WRITERS & OPEN MIC
Moor Theatre Delicatessen, 17 The Moor, Sheffield, S1 4PF
7.30pm to 10pm
Pay what you can (on the door only)
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Sunday 28 May
Vanishing Point: a City Walk
with ANGELINA D’ROZA and PETE GREEN
Lady’s Bridge, Sheffield, S3 8GJ
11am to 1pm
£7 / £6 conc. (in advance only)
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