Adisa the Verbaliser :
Children’s Workshop

A fantastic opportunity to write poems with the brilliantly energetic king of Lip Hop. Funny, enthusiastic and inspiring. Get ready to Verbalise!

10am, Ripon Library,
Tickets £2 (Accompanying Adults FREE) 

Writing from Photographs: Poetry Workshop

Writing From Photographs: Poetry Workshop with Sarah Wimbush and Robert Powell

A picture may be worth a thousand words, but a photograph can be packed with silences. A two-hour workshop about turning photography into poetry.

11am, Ripon Library,
Tickets £10

Sarah Wimbush and Robert Powell

Two of North Yorkshire’s most original poets explore the place of myth and memory in the history of the region.

2pm, Operatic Hall/Arts Hub,
Tickets £5

Alison Carr: Black Bullets in the Sweet Jar

Alison Carr

The launch of Alison Carr’s new collection, Black Bullets in the Sweet Jar, recalling the childhood she lost when she was knocked down by a car at the age of eight. A book about sweets, toys, playground games and loss.

3.15pm, Operatic Hall/Arts Hub,
Tickets £5

Hadley-James Hoyles

Hadley-James Hoyles   

A journey through the Hen Ogledd (the Old North), inhabited by the Celtic Britons in the fifth-century, an ancient landscape where the rocks mutter, the winds howl and the earth cries out. A reading about history, nature, ginnels and snickets.  

4.30pm, Operatic Hall/Arts Hub,
Tickets £5

Launch of Children’s Anthology

Join festival competition judges John Cockshaw, Jo Martin, Bea Harrison, Claire Thompson, Nicky Hasson and Olivia Mulligan as they award prizes to the winners of this year’s poetry competitions for children and young people, and launch this year’s anthology of all the best poems.

5.30pm, Operatic Hall/Arts Hub,
Tickets £6 (under-18s FREE) 

Grown Ups Festival Anthology Launch

Festival poetry competition judges Katie Scott, Simon Strickland and Andy Croft present prizes to the winners of this year’s poetry competition for adults, and help to launch this year’s poetry anthology for grown-ups.

7.30pm, Operatic Hall/Arts Hub,
Tickets £6 (under-18s FREE)