Apart from the typo, which should read Worcestershire LitFest & Fringe, what an ace report in the press. Here’s a link to the webpage: https://worcslitfest.co.uk/worcestershire-poet-laureate-competition-2018/ for aspiring Worcestershire Poets Laureate 🙂
Emily Collis Senior Reporter
Worcestershire Poet Laureate 2017 Nina Lewis, from Bromsgrove
THE search is on for Worcestershire’s next Poet Laureate, to replace last year’s Bromsgrove winner.
Nina Lewis has had a busy year since winning the title in 2017, performing at Lakefest, organising a World Poetry Day event and publishing Contour, a quarterly poetry magazine.
Nina said: “Being Poet Laureate has meant that I am in a position to be an ambassador for poetry, I have taken great pleasure in the writing commissions that have come my way.
“I feel that if you are lucky enough to be the Laureate you should invest time and energy into the role.”
“I am delighted to have discovered poets not known on the Worcester scene – one of my personal objectives.”
Nina was also responsible for curating the ‘Transatlantic Poetry Project – A Tale of Two Cities’ call and response…
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