{"id":1717,"date":"2014-03-17T12:51:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T12:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/?p=1717"},"modified":"2014-03-17T12:51:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T12:51:54","slug":"2014-cheltenham-poetry-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uniofglos.blog\/creativewriting\/2014\/03\/17\/2014-cheltenham-poetry-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Cheltenham Poetry Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cheltenham<\/a>The Cheltenham Poetry Festival<\/a> is back with another brilliant line-up for 2014. The festival will run from 28th March to 6th April, and once again it will star many poets with connections to the University of Gloucestershire.<\/p>\n

The Poetry Festival has become an annual highlight in the cultural life of Gloucestershire; Poet Alison Brackenbury described at as a ‘triumph’ in its first year, and it has continued to delight audiences ever since. As Anna Saunders, the Festival founder and Executive Director, explains: ‘Since our launch in 2010 we have aimed to give you an all-singing, all-dancing festival \u2013 one that fuses poetry and music, film, drama and visual\u00a0art. This year is no exception; we have award winning plays, cabaret nights, specially commissioned poetry cinema, poetry bands and much more.’<\/p>\n

Anna is a graduate of the University of Gloucestershire’s\u00a0MA in Creative and Critical Writing, and connections between the Festival and the University run deep. Check out the full 2014 programme here<\/a>, and in the meantime here’s a guide to the events starring students, alumni, and staff (past and present) from the University of Gloucestershire:<\/p>\n

Friday 28 March at 8:00pm\u00a0 at Copa
\nA Matter of Life, Death and Poetry<\/b><\/a>
\nA\u00a0number of poets including MA alumni Avril Staple<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday 29 March at 1:00pm at The Everyman Other Space Studio
\n<\/b>John Goodby and former UoG lecturer Kate North plus open mic<\/a>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday 29 March 2014 at 4:30pm at Francis Close Hall
\nLaurie Lee \u2013 a celebration of a Gloucestershire poet\u2019s work.<\/a><\/b>
\nHosted by UoG lecturer and graduate Angela France
\n<\/b>
\nMonday 31 March at 9:30pm at The Strand
\nWomen’s Words\u00a0<\/b><\/a>
\nWith Angela France, current students Dani Schlosser and\u00a0Emmy Summers, graduate Lizzie Rogers \u2013 MC, current student Adam Magee<\/b><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b>Tuesday 1st April 9.30pm-10.30pm at\u00a0The Muffin Man
\nThe University of Gloucestershire Creative Writing Showcase
\nH<\/b><\/b>osted by Adam Magee, with headliners Caitlin Clarke and Josh Martin<\/b><\/p>\n

Thursday 03 April at 8:00pm at Copa
\n<\/b><\/b>Anna Saunders & Jeremy Page – Struck<\/b><\/a>
\n <\/b>Launch of Anna Saunders\u2019s <\/b>New collection<\/p>\n

Friday 04 April at 8:00pm at The Strand
\nPoetry Factory – Images from the Museum of Light<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>
\nA poetry collective which includes \u00a0MA graduate Chaucer Cameron, Anna Saunders and Avril Staple<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday 5th April 12.30pm-1.30pm at\u00a0Copa
\nPoetry Pairings <\/b>
\nIncluding Anna Saunders, Angela France, Adam Magee<\/b><\/p>\n

Saturday 05 April 2014 at 5:00pm at Tailors
\nPeter Carpenter & Lesley Ingram – Being In Bed With Philip Larkin <\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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