European Poetry Festival 2025
June 18th - July 6th
The EPF returns for it’s 8th year, with nearly a dozen events celebrating collaboration, literary liveness and cross-linguistic inventiveness. A continuation of one of the grandest celebrations of European poetry ever to take place in Britain, over 100 poets, many visiting from across Europe, will present new works at a series of ‘Camarade’ events.
Celebrating the poetry of Latvia, Flanders, Lithuania, Cyprus, Austria, Estonia, Switzerland and more, these communal, playful, energetic happenings will see many brilliant poet duets premiere their collaborative performances at venues such as the National Poetry Library, National Centre for Writing, The Poetry Society, Open Eye Gallery and beyond.
See below for the events confirmed, with more to be announced soon, along with many poet-pairs:
June Weds 18th - Latvian Poetry celebration at National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
June Thurs 19th - Flanders Poetry celebration at Flanders House, London
June Sat 21st - Lithuanian Poetry celebration at Open Ealing, London
June Weds 25th - Cypriot Poetry celebration at Cypriot High Commission, London
June Thurs 26th - Austrian Poetry celebration at Austrian Cultural Forum, London
June Mon 30th - Estonian Poetry celebration at The Poetry Society Cafe, London
July Weds 2nd - Swiss Poetry celebration at National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
July Thurs 3rd - Norwich : European Camarade at Dragon Hall, National Centre for Writing
July Sun 6th - Liverpool : European Camarade at Open Eye Gallery
