Swedish Poetry Celebration
July Friday 4th 2025
Kingston University Town House:
Top Floor Café Corner room
7pm and Free Entry
Penrhyn Rd, Kingston upon Thames KT1 2EQ kingston.ac.uk/experience/our-campuses/penrhyn-road
(The Cafe Corner room is located in the Town House building, on the 5th floor, accessible via stairs or lift.)
Swedish poetry returns to the European Poetry Festival! Celebrating some of the most dynamic and brilliant Swedish poets of their generation, this event is hosted in the RIBA award winning Town House of Kingston University. Featuring solo and collaborative readings, the latter made for the night, by Swedish poets, and supported by students and alumni of the University, this event will be another brilliant chapter in the festival’s focus on the literature of 21st century Sweden. Featuring:
Ida Börjel and Panos Ghikas
Jörgen Gassilewski and Anna Hallberg
Jonas Gren and Cecilia Hultman
Maria Barnas and SJ Fowler
Julia Rose Lewis and Paul Hawkins
Aimee Nimmo and Eleanor Wilders
Lily Ferret and Selina Giles
Marcia Knight Latter and Sinnead Singson
Danica Ignacio and more to be announced
Also at the festival we will feature Swedish poet Judith Kiros for our celebration at the National Centre for Writing in Norwich https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/norwich25
This is the fourth Swedish poetry celebration at the European Poetry Festival following events in 2024, 2022 and 2021. During the pandemic in 2020, a special collaborative poetry film was commissioned for the festival with Swedish poets too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LYcZ4Tb4xY
https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/sweden24
