The Camarade in Europe - collaborative poetry live
The Camarade is a format of live literary events that the EPF has pioneered, following The Enemies Project. It simply asks pairs of poets, many of whom have never met before, to produce new collaborative works for the night of the reading, with no criteria other than a time limit. This non-determinate curatorial model creates innate innovation and explorations of the possibilities around live poetry and performance. Moreover, it creates friendships and communities, as each Camarade involves 3 to 10 pairs of poets. These events are rapid fire and energised but fundamentally serious and complex in the work they often produce. These events make up the core programme of the EPF in the UK, normally themed around a nation or culture, but are also commissioned for one-off nights in places across Europe.
The next standalone Camarade will be the 4th Brussels Camarade in 2026.
The Vilnius Camarade at Paviljono Book Weekend, Lithuania November 31st 2019
The Bergen Camarade at Bergen Bibliotek, Norway September 2019
The Kosice Camarade at LIKE Festival, Slovakia September 28th 2019
The Vienna Camarade, Austria January 26th 2019
The Ljubljana Camarade, Slovenia January 12th 2019
Leaving-our-own-continent Camarade at The Gulbenkian - Canterbury March 28th 2019
The Camarade’s have been the cornerstone of the EPF’s UK based festival programme and a few examples of these remarkable events can be seen below.
April Saturday 6th : The European Camarade : Rich Mix, London 2019
October Saturday 12th - The Nordic Camarade at Rich Mix, London 2019
October Saturday 13th : The European Camarade : Rich Mix, London 2018