European Poetry Festival : Norwich
National Centre for Writing : Dragon Hall - July Thursday 3rd 2025

The 2025 European Poetry Festival visits Norwich, in partnership with the National Centre for Writing to present an evening celebrating poetry, performance and the potentials of collaboration to a bustling 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

  • Martin McGuigan and Roz Counelis

  • Philip Terry and Doug Jones

  • Helen Ivory / Martin Figura / Sam Jordison / Cat Woodward / / Matthew Gregory and Steven J. Fowler

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 :

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