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Smeaton300: Poems on Roots and Journeys Part II - Children's Competition
Throughout 2023, the University of Leeds Poetry Centre has participated in Smeaton300 , a creative programme from arts organisation Foxglove, working with artists and scientists inspired by the work of the UK's first civil engineer – John Smeaton. It has been a real pleasure working with poet Rachel Bower who delivered writing workshops throughout October...
Smeaton300: Poems on Roots and Journeys
Throughout 2023, the University of Leeds Poetry Centre has participated in Smeaton300. It has been a real pleasure working with poet Rachel Bower who delivered writing workshops throughout October with community groups and primary schools in the Leeds area. We are delighted to now share the winners of the adult category of our Smeaton300 poetry competition and will be announcing our children’s competition winners shortly.
The Nature and Place Competition 2025
The University of Leeds Poetry centre is once gain delighted to be in partnership with The Rialto , the RSPB, and BirdLife Intenrational Cambridge Conservation Initiative on the 2025 version of this competition. Poems are invited that deal with any aspect of nature and place – these terms will be given a wide interpretation by...
Events
Poetry & Listening: An evening of discussions and readings with acclaimed poets Michael Nardone (Montréal) and Steven Zultanski (Copenhagen).
An evening of discussions and readings with acclaimed poets Michael Nardone (Montréal) and Steven Zultanski (Copenhagen) alongside writers from the...
Launch of J.R. Carpenter's Measures of Weather
Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with poet J.R. Carpenter and meteorologist Doug Parker to launch J....
Poetry Reading by Adalber Salas Hernandez
Venezuelan poet Adalber Salas Hernandez will be reading (in Spanish and English) from his latest collection Isolario/Islarium, published by Peepal...