European Poetry Festival : Norwich
National Centre for Writing : Dragon Hall July 3rd 2025
115-123 King St, Norwich NR1 1QE
The 2025 European Poetry Festival visited Norwich, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing to present an outstanding evening celebrating poetry, performance and the potentials of collaboration to a full house audience in the heart of the city. Pairing some of the finest poets of the thriving Norwich poetry scene alongside writers visiting from across Europe, over a dozen poets presented new works made for the night, spanning languages, literatures and the European continent.
Featuring George Szirtes and Ko Ko Thett / David Spittle / Lena Chilari and Cat Woodward / Judith Kiros / Endre Ruset and Sam Jordison / Petra Pálkovácsová and Flo Reynolds / Helen Ivory and Martin Figura / Martin McGuigan and Roz Counelis / Philip Terry and Doug Jones / Danica Ignacio and Matthew Sokulsky
In partnership with the National Centre for Writing. Curated by SJ Fowler.
The National Centre for Writing has been a generous supporter of the European Poetry Festival and the Camarade events for many years. You can see all the performances from previous events here :
2024 europeanpoetryfestival.com/norwich24
2019 and 2023 europeanpoetryfestival.com/norwich
2015 and 2017 theenemiesproject.com/norwich
2019 Nordic Poetry Festival europeanpoetryfestival.com/nordicnorwich
2022 Japanese UK Festival theenemiesproject.com/norwichjapan
