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: Latvia
Rug Rhymes: Summer
Rug Rhymes: Autumn
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
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
The Obsidian Black Poetry Lectures
Price: £10 | £5 concessions
Unmask Me: Neuroqueer Poetics on Love - A Bad Betty Summer School Online Course
Price: £120 Standard | £60 for East Midlands Writers
Writing and Editing Prize-winning Sonnets with Hannah Lowe
Price: £30
SpeakEasy Saturday: Fact-ion Bio-Storytelling and Spoken Word
Price: Free
Romanian Poetry Celebration
Price: Free
Activating the White Space: Poetry Masterclass with Philip Gross
Price: £30
The Poem Hinges on the Image! - A Bad Betty Summer School Online Course
Price: £120 Standard | £60 for East Midlands Writers
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