Events
Discover poetry events taking place here at the National Poetry Library, and across the UK’s vibrant poetry scene.
Here at the National Poetry Library
European Poetry Festival: Estonia
Rug Rhymes: Summer
European Poetry Festival: Latvia
National events
Poems Not Bombs: Soho
Price: £3
Writing Bogwise
Price: £125 for all workshops (3 workshops free) | £25 per workshop (plus Eventbrite fee)
Poems to Love, Sparks of Monthly Inspiration
Price: £35 for 3
Verse Queer-Led Creative Writing Salon: Summer Term
Price: £185 Returning Member | £199 Standard
Wild Writing 2026
Price: £122.75 Month Ticket (General) | £98.50 Month Ticket (Concession) | £41.50 Week Ticket (General) | £33.50 Week Ticket (Concession) | £11 Day Ticket (General) | £9 Day Ticket (Concession)
2026 Maudsley Lectures in Psychoanalysis: Writing and the Unconscious
Price: £31 (£20 concession) per event | £200 (£130 concession) for the series
SpeakEasy Page-to-Stage Online: Soliloquy and Monologue
Price: Free
Norwegian Poetry Celebration, European Poetry Festival
Price: Free
Cypriot Poetry Celebration, European Poetry Festival
Price: Free
The Deep Heart’s Core: Bedford Park Festival — Yeats-Birthday Poetry Evening with Special Guest Imtiaz Dharker
Price: £10
A Healing Art: Conversations with Royal Literary Fund Writers - Harry Man, Bob Beagrie and Tahmina Ali
Price: Free
The Power of Poetry with Dennis Johnstone
Price: £5
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