
National Poetry Centre
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A new national home for poetry in the UK. Based in Leeds and reaching out to the world.
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📖 NATIONAL POETRY CENTRE PRESENTS ✨ 📍 University of Leeds Poetry Centre, 6–7:15pm (Sun 20 Oct) Join Nick Barley for a closing session featuring readings from T.S. Eliot Prize shortlisted poet Zaffar Kunial and Karen McCarthy Woolf 🎟️ Free with Sunday festival pass #SummitFestival


We're having a #RubbishWords theme today; thanks to mum & dtr Susan & Sally who created some beautiful & poignant meaning from found words: "This time proudly supports women of substance. Does it?" reads Sally's poem. 10am-4pm, today, 19 & 20 Leeds Corn Exchange


Celebrating ecopoetry, nature and climate writing #SummitFestival comes to YSP tomorrow! Drop-in events are FREE with a YSP Ticket. Find out more 🔗 ysp.org.uk/summit-festival Poetry School University of Leeds Poetry Centre The Laurel Prize National Poetry Centre National Landscapes Association Leeds Council News Arts Council England


Poetry is popular! "I want to do another one," said Robyn, who came to #RubbishWords with dad Steve & brother Clark. Clark created: "We love football, watch live online, inside the festival or the great big hall." 18-20 Oct Leeds Corn Exchange


Day 2 of #RubbishWords Leeds Corn Exchange from 10am-4pm. 🤫 Quiet session for the 1st hour with no background music playing; come along and make poetry out of a colourful collage of words

"Elated." "Happy." "Present & peaceful." Just some of the brilliant feedback for #RubbishWords, which is in full swing Leeds Corn Exchange. Come along & create, taking inspiration from found words to make poems, until 4pm today & 10am-4pm Sunday

Our director Nick Barley is in discussion with Jackie Kay tonight Ilkley Literature Festival about her latest collection, May Day. Tickets still available: …aturefestival-tickets.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

⏰️It's the last hour of #RubbishWords Leeds Corn Exchange! 10 yr old Sara, with mum Rachel, says: "Poetry is a free flow form of message to people about how you are feeling in the core of your heart, it expresses your emotion and talks for you." Here until 4pm & Sunday 10am-4pm



#rubbishwords is part of #summitfestival hosted by The Laurel Prize Poetry School . It concludes today with a series of workshops held University of Leeds Poetry Centre including National Poetry Centre Presents: Inward Island - Nick Barley with Zaffar Kunial Karen McCarthy Woolf at 6pm



We'd like to thank our whole team for making #RubbishWords happen. The event was led by sarah dawson (poet) with talented artist #georgestormfletcher taking inspiration from 100s of poems to create striking artworks.


See our future home, Trinity St David’s on Woodhouse Lane, lit from within, and listen to a specially-commissioned poem, ‘Wave and Particle’ by renowned poet Maura Dooley for #lightnightleeds2024 , Thurs & Fri this week. Come see us in the University of Leeds zone!✨@LightNightLeeds


#LightNightLeeds2024 night 2 starts tonight at 6pm and runs until 10pm. Come and battle the drizzle and see our future building lit up on Woodhouse Lane University of Leeds , and listen to our specially-commissioned poem, 'Wave and Particle', by Maura Dooley. ✨ @LightNightLeeds





