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2024
The European Poetry Festival 2024
June Weds 19th - Catalan Poetry celebration at National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre
June Thurs 20th - Flanders Poetry celebration at Flanders House, London
June Sat 22nd - Swiss Poetry celebration at Rich Mix, London
June Mon 24th - Kingston : European Camarade at Kingston University Town House
June Weds 26th - Swedish Poetry celebration at Hundred Years Gallery, London
June Thurs 27th - Austrian Poetry celebration at Austrian Cultural Forum, London
June Sat 29th - Latvian Poetry celebration at Rich Mix, London
July Weds 3rd - Norway Poetry celebration at National Poetry Library, Southbank Centre.
July Thurs 4th - Norwich : European Camarade at Dragon Hall, National Centre for Writing
July Sat 6th - Liverpool : European Camarade at Open Eye Gallery
Plus events previous to the main summer festival
February Thurs 15th - Norway : Oslo Camarade at Hoyskolen Kristiania
March Weds 13th - Versopolis Poetry Camarade at The Poetry Society Cafe, London
2023
The European Poetry Festival 2023
April Weds 19th : Versopolis Poetry Celebration at Iklectik Artlab, London
April Sat 22nd : Norwegian Poetry in Collaboration at Iklectik Artlab, London
April Mon 24th : European Camarade Norwich at National Centre for Writing, Dragon Hall
April Weds 26th : Swiss Poetry in Collaboration at National Poetry Library, London
April Thurs 27th : Austrian Poetry in Collaboration at Austrian Cultural Forum, London
April Sat 29th : Catalan Poetry in Collaboration at Rich Mix, London
May Weds 3rd : Danish Poetry in Collaboration at Hundred Years Gallery, London
May Thurs 4th : Flemish Poetry in Collaboration at Kingston University, Kingston
May Sat 6th : Dutch Poetry in Collaboration at Rich Mix, London
May Weds 10th : Latvian Poetry in Collaboration at National Poetry Library, London
2022
November Wednesday 23rd : The Winter Camarade at Iklectik Artlab, London
November Tuesday 22nd : The Writers Kingston Camarade at ThisIsNotMyHouse, Kingston
The European Poetry Festival 2022
June 15th 2022 : Swedish Poetry in Collaboration at National Poetry Library, London
June 16th 2022 : Norwegian Poetry in Collaboration at St Johns on Bethnal Green, London
June 18th 2022 : Swiss Poetry in Collaboration at Rich Mix, London
June 19th 2022 : Typoetry - public poetry walking tour in Newham, London
June 22nd 2022 : Austrian Poetry in Collaboration at ACF, London
June 23rd 2022 : Finnish Poetry in Collaboration at Candid Arts, London
June 25th 2022 : Lithuanian Poetry in Collaboration at Rich Mix, London
June 27th 2022 : Latvian Poetry in Collaboration at Kingston University
June 29th 2022 : Flemish Poetry in Collaboration at National Poetry Library, London
June 30th 2022 : Slovenian Poetry in Collaboration at Open Ealing, London
July 2nd 2022 : Catalan Poetry in Collaboration at Iklectik Artlab, London
July 5th 2022 : Dutch Poetry in Collaboration at Iklectik Artlab, London
July 7th 2022 : European Camarade York at Spark Studios, University of York
July 9th 2022 : European Camarade Kildare at Riverbanks Arts Centre, Ireland
2021
November 23rd 2021 : Norwegian Poetry in Collaboration at Open Ealing, London
November 24th 2021 : Hungarian Poetry in Collaboration at Hungarian Cultural Centre
November 25th 2021 : Swedish Poetry in Collaboration at Town House, Kingston University
November 27th 2021 : Slovenian Poetry in Collaboration / Iklectik Artlab, London
November 29th 2021 : Latvian Poetry in Collaboration / Goethe Institut
November 30th 2021: Austrian Poetry in Collaboration / Austrian Cultural Forum, London
2020 : digital festival
Nov 23rd 2020 - Three Swiss Poets : EPF Digital interviews
Nov 26th 2020 - Where Is Everyone Austria : a poetry film
Nov 28th 2020 - Four Latvian Poets : EPF Digital interviews
Dec 1st 2020 - The Swedish Beest : a poetry film
Dec 3rd 2020 - The Hungarian Vacuum : a poetry film
Dec 7th 2020 - Three Lithuanian Poets : EPF Digital interviews
Dec 9th 2020 - Three Norwegian Poets : EPF Digital Interviews
Dec 12th 2020 - Messages from the Other Side : EPF Digital
2019
November 31st - The Vilnius Camarade at Paviljono Book Weekend, Lithuania
The Nordic Poetry Festival
October Friday 11th - Opening of the NPF Exhibition opens at Burley Fisher Books, London
October Saturday 12th - The Nordic Camarade at Rich Mix, London
October Monday 14th - Nordic Norwich Camarade at the National Centre for Writing
October Tuesday 15th - Nordic York Camarade at the JORVIK Viking Centre
October Thursday 17th - Nordic Poetry at Writers’ Centre Kingston
September 17th - Nordic Poetry Festival : Norway - Ålesund
September 18th - Nordic Poetry Festival : Norway - Bergen
September 28th - The Kosice Camarade at LIKE Festival, Slovakia
European Poetry Festival 2019
April Monday 15th : European Camarade at Riverbank Arts Centre : Newbridge, Co Kildare, Dublin. Ireland Solo readings to close the festival
April Saturday 13th : Manchester’s European Camarade : The International Anthony Burgess Centre European poets collaborate with Mancunian poets.
April Friday 12th : Norwich’s European Camarade : National Centre for Writing Poets from across Europe collaborate with Norwich based poets.
April Thursday 11th : Latvian poetry in collaboration : Burley Fisher Books, London. 4 contemporary Latvian poets collaborate with Britain-based counterparts.
April Wednesday 10th : Austrian poetry in collaboration : Austrian Cultural Forum, London. 3 contemporary Austrian poets collaborate with British counterparts.
April Monday 8th : Swiss poetry in collaboration : Poetry Society’s Cafe, London. 6 contemporary Swiss poets collaborate with Britain-based counterparts.
April Sunday 7th : Back into the Mouth: celebrating Sound & Performance
Iklektic Artlab, London. Expect avant-garde / sound / conceptual poetry.
April Saturday 6th : The European Camarade : Rich Mix, London
32 poets in 16 pairs from 25 nations. New performance collaborations.
April Thursday 4th - Norwegian poetry at Writers' Centre Kingston
Rose Theatre. New publications launched for the opening event of the fest.
March 28th - Leaving-our-own-continent Camarade : The Gulbenkian - Canterbury, Kent
2018
November Friday 23rd 2018 : Babelsprech Eurovision Poetry : Torriano Meeting House, London
Multi-lingual poetry newly commissioned from over a dozen European and London-based poets, as part of the Europe wide Babelsprech project.
October Saturday 13th 2018 : The European Camarade : Rich Mix, London
A standalone celebration of collaborative poetry, bringing together over a dozen pairs of European poets to present brand new collaborations as a mid point event between festivals.
European Poetry Festival 2018
April Saturday 14th : The European Camarade in Middlesbrough : MIMA
The festival closes in the North East of England, where once more European poets will present collaborations with their English counterparts, many local to the area.
April Friday 13th : The European Camarade in Manchester
The festival leaves London and presents a night of new collaborations between poets local to Liverpool and those visiting from across Europe.
April Thursday 12th : Austrian Poetry in collaboration : Austrian Cultural Forum
Austrian and British poets collaborate and share new works just off Hyde Park in the heart of London, joined by many other festival poets
April Wednesday 11th : Polyphonic : Romanian Cultural Institute
A multimedia poetry show celebrating the Centenary of Greater Romania with readings by ten of the most talented Romanian poets.
April Tuesday 10th : Versopolis poets in focus : London Bookfair
Lithuanian and British poets celebrate the pan-European poetry platform and review, Versopolis.
April Monday 9th : Lithuanian Poetry in collaboration : The Poetry Cafe
Lithuanian and British poets collaborate and share new works at the home of The Poetry Society in London, joined by many other festival poets.
April Sunday 8th : Performance Literature & Sound Poetry :
Celebrating innovation in live literature with new solo performances by a dozen of Europe's most considerable avant-garde poets.
April Saturday 7th : The European Camarade : Rich Mix
The grand event of the festival. 32 poets in 16 pairs present brand new collaborations made for the night.
April Thursday 5th 2018 : European Poetry at Writers' Centre Kingston : Rose Theatre Opening the festival by the River Thames with readings from nearly a dozen European poets.
