European Poetry Festival : Latvia
July Wednesday 1st : 8pm, Free.
National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre

Please book free tickets here www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/european-poetry-festival-latvia/
Level 5, Royal Festival Hall, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

We celebrate one of most exciting literary scenes in contemporary Europe - Latvia. In the iconic National Poetry Library, four of Latvia’s most exciting poets come to the UK to perform their work, as well as brand new collaborations made with British poets, just for this event. This will be an energised event of collaborative poetic performance and literary readings, from a nation that champions our festival for the eighth year running. Featuring

  • Māra Ulme and Jonathan Boyd

  • Krišjānis Zeļģis and SJ Fowler

  • Agnese Graudiņa and Alex Murphy

  • Alise Bogdanova and Sophia Rahim

Supported by Latvian Literature.

Latvian Literature and the poets of Latvia have been one of the festival’s biggest partners and supporters since it’s inception. To see all the performances from previous European Poetry Festival Latvian celebration events, visit