Thu 1 Jan, 12:00am
As part of The Page is Printed 2024 celebrations, we are excited to have Fiona Benson, one the UK’s finest poets join us for a special poetry reading.
Fiona Benson’s collections are Bright Travellers, Vertigo & Ghost, and Ephemeron. Her work has received many awards, including the Forward Prize, the Seamus Heaney Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize, and all three of her collections were shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. She is currently working on a fourth collection Midden Witch, and a poetry script in collaboration with the Belgian choreographer Wim Vanderkeybus called Infamous Offspring. She lives in mid-Devon with her husband and their two daughters.
Praise for Fiona Benson’s Forward Prize-winning collection Vertigo and Ghost:
‘No one writes the way Fiona Benson does. No one is as raging, as fearless. These are the poems we will be reading to our children in fifty years.’
DAISY JOHNSON
Discover more about Fiona Benson’s collections here.
This is a brilliant opportunity to hear a brilliant poet recite their powerful work in the local area, and fits in perfectly with the other events and activities available throughout the day.
Age guidance: 16+, content includes adult themes and language
The Page is Printed 2024 Events
Alongside the celebration evening on Sat 10 Feb we will also be running several literary themed events throughout the day. Click on each event for more details and to book. Combo tickets are available allowing you to attend multiple events throughout the day at a discount.
- Dreaming Wide Awake: A Day of Poetry Writing – 10:30am – 3:45pm – Event details
- Novel Writing Workshop – 11:30am – 4:00pm – Event details
- Fiona Benson – Poetry Reading – 4:30pm-5:30pm – Event Details
- Celebration Evening – 7:00pm – Event Details
Make A Day Of It – Ticket Packages
Only £20
Poetry Writing Workshop, Fiona Benson Poetry Reading and The Page is Printed Celebration Evening
Only £45
Novel Writing Workshop, Fiona Benson Poetry Reading and The Page is Printed Celebration Evening
Only £9
Fiona Benson Poetry Reading and The Page is Printed Celebration Evening
***Package offers will automatically apply when you book tickets for the workshops/events eligible***