Year Round Programme

With support of Arts Council England, Canterbury Council, The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge and Canterbury Connected, we have been able to extend our work beyond the Festival. Below are some of the events, workshops, groups and projects on offer across the year.

Word Out

Wise Words has supported the development and growth of a group of young poets called Word Out. If you are aged between 14 - 26 we would love you to get involved!

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Poet In Residence Scheme

As part of our partnership with Canterbury Connected and in collaboration with Alex Vellis who is leading on the project, we have set up a Poet in Residence Scheme across the city.

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Canterbury Laureate

Introducing Canterbury’s Poet Laureate, John Siddique

The role of a Poet Laureate is to respond to a particular place and time – to inspire and inform through poetry. Between September 2015 and summer 2016 John Siddique is our Poet Laureate and will be spending time in Canterbury running poetry and wellbeing workshops and retreats, giving performances and writing in response to his time here. Journal writing is an important part of John’s life and throughout his term as Laureate we will be running weekly Journal writing sessions with John providing provocations each week.

Read our interview with John Siddique

Year Round Programme

Word Out

Poet In Residence Scheme

Canterbury Laureate

Introducing Canterbury’s Poet Laureate, John Siddique

Talks, Music, Storytelling & Poetry 29th April - 7th May