poet in the city
Events

Welcome to the Poet in the City Events page.

You'll be able to find details about previous and upcoming events including audio and video content.

Events are listed by date with the latest event first


  • 22nd Feb 2010Seamus Heaney

    This special event featured Seamus Heaney in conversation about his influences, and the themes that preoccupy his latest work, combined with readings of his poetry.

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  • 05th Feb 2010Songs of Life and Hope

    An evening of Mexican poetry from the first half of the 20th century, including the turbulent years of the Mexican Revolution and its aftermath.

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  • 28th Jan 2010Island Voices

    An exciting event hosted by Calypsonian Alexander D. Great

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  • 30th Nov 2009Robert Burns 250th Anniversary Celebration

    A major St Andrews Day celebration of Robert Burns, Scotland’s most famous poet, marking the 250th anniversary of his birth in 1759.

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  • 19th Nov 2009Catalan Poetry

    Poetry has been written in various forms of the Catalan language (Catalan, Valencian, Balearic Catalan, especially) for nearly six hundred years, covering an area that stretches from Roussillon in southern France, southwards to Alacant (Alicante) and beyond in the Eastern seaboard of Spain and as far across the Mediterranean as Alguer (Alghero) in Sardinia.

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