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Inspire Poetry Festival 2026 - Desert Island Poems: Paul Farley in Conversation with Clare Brown
An evening of poetry, as acclaimed poet Paul Farley shares his desert island poems in conversation …
Introducing the Festival Fifteen – our carefully curated list of titles published that are available for you to borrow from Inspire Libraries. You’re sure to find something to whet your appetite in our collection of new, contemporary and prize-winning poets, alongside some established voices.
Festival Fifteen 2026
This year's Inspire Poetry Festival will run from Thursday 24 September - Thursday 1 October (National Poetry Day). With performances, workshops, film and an exhibition it’s set to be a week of wonderful words. View our programme coming soon, jam-packed with events across Nottinghamshire.
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Blackbird singing at dusk, Wendy Pratt
A nature poem for every day of the year, Jane McMorl (Editor)
Selected poems, Maurice Riordan
Lady No, Hye-sun Kim
He, she, they, us: queer poems, Charlie Castelletti (Editor)
Stepmother, Helen Mort - title will feature on the catalogue shortly
When it rained for a million years, Paul Farley
The door to door poet: my adventures across England, Rowan McCabe
Poems to sink your teeth into, C. A. Castle (Editor) & Charlie Castelletti (Editor) - title will feature on the catalogue shortly
Nature matters: new poetries by Black and Asian writers of the diaspora, Mona Arshi & Karen McCarthy Woolf
Folkish, Kym Deyn
Tender: 100 poems for the first 100 days of life, Harry Baker
A history of England in 25 poems, Catherine Clarke
The house of broken things, Kim Moore
Skinny dipping in Tiger country, Maithreyi Hughes
