George Szirtes, Rita Ann Higgins and Peter Bennet

Spring Poetry Festival

Just like the Bristol Poetry Festival in September, the first ever Bristol Spring Poetry Festival brings together the most entertaining, inspirational and award-winning poets and performers from Bristol and beyond.

Hungarian born George Szirtes came to England as a refugee in 1948. A unique voice in British poetry he has won many awards for his work both as a poet and translator. Galway based Rita Ann Higgins is an anarchic writer who is both funny and outspoken. She has reinvigorated poetry in Ireland over the last decade. A well kept poetry secret, Peter Bennett's richly imagined work draws on a huge range of references, mixing forgotten histories with myth to make poems that are contemporary and darkly funny.

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