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Wells Poetry Festival May 11th–13th 2012

‘On the Threshold’ — Wells Poetry Festival May 11th–13th

Friday, May 11th 7.30 p.m. JOHN SIDDIQUE and Jehane Markham
Saturday, May 12th 9.30 a.m. School’s Event
11.30 a.m. Poets published by Salt Publishing, Cromer PENNY BOXALL, TIM COCKBURNCHARLOTTE GEATER & MERYL PUGH
2.00 p.m. Jean Sprackland & Matthew Hollis
5.00 p.m. Matthew Hollis gives an illustrated talk on his Costa Award winning biography ‘All roads lead to France’ the later years of Edward Thomas, with contemporary recordings
8.00 p.m. Brian Patten & Vicki Feaver
Sunday, May 13th 11.00 a.m. Dame Gillian Beer talks on the lesser known poems of Lewis Carroll. To be published by Penguin in the summer.
2.00 p.m. Open Floor. A Tribute to founder of PNS John Coleridge by Graham High and Bob Ward,followed by PNTS Competition Winners and Open Floor

Throughout the festival, in a room upstairs Recordings from the Poetry Archive will be played.
Artist in residence: Cecilia Evans. Paintings and Prints.

Tickets online – www.poetry-next-the-sea.com or sae, plus 50p, to PNS. 93 Queens Road , Fakenham, NR

Tel;01328 853 905 Email: lizndave@lradley.fslife.co.uk
Schools Programme – Family Ticket £5, Single £3
Open Floor Event – £3
Poets, Salt Publishing – £8, £7 (Friends)
All other events £10, £8(Friends)
Season ticket £45 and £40 for Friends

All events take place at:

The Maltings
Staithe Street
Wells-next-the-Sea
Norfolk
NR23 1AU


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