What’s on

Every year, National Poetry Day events bring people together to share in the love of poetry in local communities, schools, libraries and workplaces.

Check out what’s happening near you or submit your own event below.

All events

FLYaiku Contest

23 September 2024 - 23 February 2025 On-going until 23rd Feb 2025

Bodmin Eco-Airfield, Cardinham, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 4BU

As part of our international Poetry Plane project we have launched a celebratory FLYaiku Contest. A FLYaiku is just a...
Honesty Box

1 October 2024 - 31 October 2024 It will be open for submissions during the Estate Tea Co. opening times

Estate Tea Co., 84 Heaton Road, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE6 5HL

For National Poetry Day 2024, Kulvert Books is facilitating the creation of an ‘honesty box poem’. The poem, which will...
Guess Your Teacher’s Favourite Poem

3 October 2024 - 25 October 2024

King Edward VI High School for Girls, School Library

All of the teachers have been asked to nominate a favourite poem. These will be displayed outside of the Library...
London Bridge Poetry Takeover

3 October 2024 - 9 October 2024

London Bridge station

If you’re traveling through London Bridge station on National Poetry Day (3 October), keep your eyes peeled for the big...
Derby Poetry Festival: Creative Writing Breakfast Club

6 October 2024 10:00 - 11:00

Online

The Creative Writing Breakfast Club as featured in Time Out is a Free Flow Creative Writing hour with writer Laurie...
Digital Workshop: Sounds of Words / Words of Sounds with Will Harris

6 October 2024 2 pm - 4 pm

Online

Derby Poetry Festival presents a digital workshop with Will Harris. For two hours we’ll be playing with – and stretching...
DPF Presents Word Wise X She Speaks

6 October 2024 5:30 pm - 8 pm

Online

It’s the finale of the 2024 festival, and we’re proud to say we’re going out with a bang! Join us...
Poetry, Tea and Chat!

7 October 2024 10.30am - 12pm

Stevenage Library, Southgate, Stevenage, Herts. Herts SG1 1HD

National Poetry Day Celebration at Stevenage Central Library with John Prebble from the Poetry Exchange who will be reading extracts...
Online Workshop: A Creative Mapping of the Self with Jane Burn

7 October 2024 7pm - 8.30pm

Zoom workshop hosted by The Poetry Business

If geographic location can be found using maps, then can ‘locations’ within the self be found the same? Can the...
The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 – Launch Event

9 October 2024 7.45pm

Southbank Centre, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX

The Forward Book of Poetry 2025 will be launched at the Southbank Centre, London on Wednesday 9th October. The launch...
Forward Prizes for Poetry Ceremony

10 October 2024 7:00pm-9:30pm (doors 6:30pm)

Gala Durham, Gala Durham, Millennium Place, Durham, DH1 1WA

The Forward Prizes for Poetry are an unmissable fixture in the literary calendar – a celebration for all who want...
Collaborative Poetry Improvisation Workshop

10 October 2024 - 7 November 2024 2-hour workshops on Thursdays 10th & 24th October and 7th November

Open Ealing, Unit 14 School Lane, Dickens Yard, London, W5 2TD

Discover the world of collaborative poetry improvisation in these three workshops with Robin Vaughan-Williams on Thursdays 10th and 24 October...