Reading & Libraries
Children's Author Event: Loretta Schauer - Retford Library
Join author and illustrator Loretta Schauer for a session packed full of fun and creativity, for ch…
Welcome to Poetry Place: The Virtual Exhibition
Listen to poet Sue Dymoke's introduction to Poetry Place, including readings of her own original poems inspired by archive images from the Sherwood Forest area.
Sue's poems can be viewed alongside the photographs which inspired them in Poetry Place: The book of the project and the Poet's Gallery (see contents below).
Exhibition contents:
The book of the project
Leaf through the pages of the digital version of the Poetry Place special edition anthology.
Library gallery tour
See the exhibition in situ at Mansfield Central and Worksop Library Galleries, and view the full tour schedule.
Participant gallery
Scroll through all the beautiful exhibition panels featuring poetry by our fantastic workshop participants and the archive images they used as inspiration.
Poet's gallery
View the exhibition panels featuring wonderful poetry from poet Sue Dymoke and the photographs they were inspired by. Plus, discover more about her work.
Inspire Picture Archive
Our poets used fascinating images from The Inspire Picture Archive as inspiration. The archive holds more than 22,000 historical images of Nottinghamshire, available to browse and download (charges apply for download).
Meet our supporters
Poetry Place was made possible by Miner2Major, a five-year Landscape Partnership Scheme (2019-2023), supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund, which explores and celebrates the Sherwood Forest area.
