We welcome Simon Armitage back to Hexham for this afternoon poetry event which opens the 2018 Festival.
He is an award-winning poet, who writes extensively for television, theatre and radio. His numerous accolades include an Ivor Novello Award for his lyrics in the BAFTA-winning film, Feltham Sings.
Using film clips, Simon Armitage will talk about the challenges of writing poetry for his First World War project Still, which features historic aerial photographs of the Somme, and his TV commissions, The Not Dead and The Great War: An Elegy.
He has published a dozen collections of poetry and is the author of three best-selling memoirs, All Points North, Walking Home and Walking Away. Apart from his appointment as Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds, Simon Armitage was elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2015. He was awarded the CBE for services to poetry in 2010.
There will be a book signing opportunity at the close of this event.
Supported by Cogito Books of Hexham
Date
Thursday 27th September, 3.00pm, Great Hall
Tickets:
£12 / £10 Concessions
