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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

This Thursday is going to be amazing! First of all we have our free BPI reading with Suzannah V. Evans and Gregory Leadbetter: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gregory-le... Later on, Raise the Bar has this amazing line up: www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/arn...

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Gregory Leadbetter & Suzannah V. Evans

A free Bristol Poetry Institute poetry reading by the wonderful poets Suzannah V. Evans and Gregory Leadbetter

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

THURSDAY THURSDAY only two days away because of the bank holiday (this overly rhyming post doesn't scan, but we'd love to see you Thursday anyway!)

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

We have a couple of great events coming up in May -- free entry and open to all! First up, a reading with Suzannah V. Evans and Gregory Leadbetter on the 7th. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gregory-le...

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Gregory Leadbetter & Suzannah V. Evans

A free Bristol Poetry Institute poetry reading by the wonderful poets Suzannah V. Evans and Gregory Leadbetter

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Join us on 25 April at Lyra Fest! Poets Deanna Rodger and shakara, plus technologist Vincent Baidoo, present their findings from Page Against the Machine: AI and Poetry, in conversation with guest poet Hannah Silva. Chaired by Michael Marcinkowski (King’s College London). www.lyrafest.com#e150159

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"Poetry, AI, Ethics and Inclusion
Saturday 25 APril, 11:00
Watershed
Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival"

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Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶 @deborahharvey.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Fantastic reading by Natalie Diaz for the @bristolpoetry.bsky.social last night. It’s rare for my attention to be corralled and focused for five minutes, let alone over an hour, but these poems managed it. I made my way home in that holy space that is the aftermath of a great poetry experience.

Natalie Diaz reading on a dark stage beneath a projected banner with a photo of herself

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

We have over 500 people already planning to join us for the Natalie Diaz Annual Reading later this month. But we booked the big (technically "Great") Hall, so don't worry, we have room for more. Book your place now. We can't wait to see you there! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpi-annual...

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BPI Annual Reading: Natalie Diaz

Join us in person for the Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading. This poetry reading is free but booking is essential.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

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BPI Annual Reading: Natalie Diaz

Join us in person for the Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading. This poetry reading is free but booking is essential.

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

✨ COMING UP: Join Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Natalie Diaz for the @bristolpoetry.bsky.social annual reading! Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear one of the most celebrated contemporary poets read in the UK! 📆 Tues 17 Feb, 6.30-7.30pm 📍 Wills Memorial Building 🎟️ brnw.ch/21wZq5c (free!)

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

We are up to 380 bookings now. Bristol really loves poetry, and we love that. Can't wait to see you all soon (+ more room still to join us for those yet to book!)

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

We've had 225 bookings (!!) in just days of announcing Natalie Diaz's Annual Reading -- make sure reserve your place now and join us on 17 February!

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We're excited to announce this years BPI Annual Reading will be delivered by Natalie Diaz, 6.30pm 17 February. Free, but booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bpi-annual....

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BPI Annual Reading: Natalie Diaz

Join us in person for the Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading. This poetry reading is free but booking is essential.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

We are looking forward to Translated By, Bristol’s launch of Nineteen Ways of Looking at Awono, a unique anthology centring around 19 translations of Jean-Claude Awono’s poems “Le Poème de Yambacongo”. Hope to see you there! translatedbybristol.com/programme/#e...

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2025 programme

Translated By, Bristol is a new festival celebrating translators and translated literature, taking place in Bristol from May 12th – May 25th 2025, founded by author/translator Polly Barton in…

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

✨ COMING UP: Translated By, Bristol is a new festival celebrating translators and translated literature, taking place in Bristol from 12-25 May To celebrate, here are two events to look out for involving @bristoluni.bsky.social colleagues [1/3]

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

The @lyrafest.com returns to Bristol this weekend until Sunday 4 May! ✨ Expect readings, discussions, walking tours and so much more across six leading arts venues To celebrate, here are a few events we're particularly looking forward to involving @bristoluni.bsky.social colleagues [1/4]

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

TODAY Wednesday 9 April Multilingual Poetry & Translation at East Bristol Books. Bristol-based Chilean poet Andrés Anwandter, Brazilian poet Rosane Carneiro, US poet and Rebecca Kosick, and British poet Dan Eltringham, will be reading and discussing the craft of translating poetry at 6 pm. FREE!

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Latin American Poetry in Translation – Bristol Poetry Institute

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Adalber Salas introduces Isolario April 1st 2025 5.30 - 7:00pm Lecture Theatre 3, Arts Complex, Woodland Road An introduction of Isolario/Islarium, a dual Spanish-English collection of poems by the Venezuelan poet. To reserve your free tickets: maxminervas.co.uk/collections/...

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

The Department of French at Bristol University's annual Wheeler Distinguished Lecture 2025 will be given by the prize-winning translator, poet, and academic Dr Stephen Romer (Oxford), on Wednesday 5 March at 1pm. His title is Traduire l'affect: the filler, the fulsome and the wilful

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Bristol IGRCT @igrct.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

✨ NEXT FRIDAY ✨ Prof Philip Terry will talk about his discovery and translation of Jean-Luc Champerret’s ‘decoding’ of the Lascaux cave paintings as poetry, with Dr Michael Malay. In collaboration with @bristolpoetry.bsky.social and @uobrisceh.bsky.social. ⏰11AM, February 7th 📍Arts Complex, G33

An event poster with the information given above. There is also a photograph of a cave painting with bulls and horses.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

To clarify, it is not taking place today as in 29 January, but is *about* Dante today, now, in our moment! (Taking place February 6!)

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Robert Sheppard @robertsheppard.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I've just reviewed this book for Tears in the Fence, and I have just sorted out my own version of Dante, early version of which abandoned here: robertsheppard.blogspot.com/2024/12/on-a...

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On abandoning my transposition of Dante: thoughts and extracts

It came to me in a flash in April 2024: write a version, or transposition, of Dante’s Divine Comedy BACKWARDS, from Paradise back to normal ...

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

We hope you can all join us for this wonderful event on Dante Today! Professor Philip Terry (University of Essex) will read some cantos from his recent translation and relocating of Dante’s Purgatorio, where the poet and his guide climb a mountain made out of Flexible Rock Substitute (FRS).

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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

📢 ON THURSDAY: Join Michael Ohajuru as he introduces us to the John Blanke project in the third #AutumnArtLecture John Blanke was the first person of Black African descent in British history for whom we have both a record and an image 📍 Wills Memorial Building ⏰ 6.30-8pm 🔗 bit.ly/3XZSGr7 (free!)

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

The Bristol Poetry Institute, in coordination with the Centre for Black Humanities Bristol, is delighted to announce that the 2024 Annual Reading will be delivered by Sir Ben Okri. 1 November 6PM. Book your free place here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ben-okri-b...

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Ben Okri: Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading

Eventbrite - English Literature and Community Engagement presents Ben Okri: Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading - Friday, 1 November 2024 at Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building. Find event and tic...

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

We have a special event coming up on 🎃 31 October 🎃 w Cuban poet Víctor Rodríguez Núñez & translator Katherine Hedeen. All are welcome to join us at 3pm to talk about translation and then for a book launch that evening at East Bristol Books. Info here: poetry.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/10/07/t...

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Talking Translation with Katherine Hedeen and Víctor Rodríguez Núñez – Bristol Poetry Institute

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

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Ben Okri: Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading

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Martin Nutbeem (Ghoulish edition, but cool with it) @martinnutbeem.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

A beautiful day for it!

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

It is 9:08 in Bristol a Thursday three days after the Early May Bank Holiday, yes it is 2024 and we are going to read Lunch Poems in Royal Fort Gardens today at 1

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

Take a break from revising next week and join the Bristol Poetry Institute to mark the 60th anniversary of Frank O’Hara’s Lunch Poems. Thursday 9 May | 1-2 PM | Royal Fort Gardens | All welcome! poetry.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2024/04/17/l...

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Lunch Poems – Bristol Poetry Institute

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 20/04/2024

Today at 4:30, were teaming up with Bristol’s Brigstow Institute to host a panel discussion on AI and Poetry. Hope to see you there! www.lyrafest.com#e105210

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Lyra Bristol Poetry Festival

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Rebecca Kosick @rkokayokay.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Bristol! Thursday 6PM in the Wills Memorial Building Old Council Chamber I’ll be reading from and talking about Hélio Oiticica’s SECRET POETICS. No need to book just show up!

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Deborah Harvey Poetry 🪶 @deborahharvey.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

So exhilarating to hear the best poets read their work. Many thanks to Don Paterson and @bristolpoetry.bsky.social

The poet Don Paterson looking up at a giant screen with a photo of the poet Don Paterson on it

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 07/02/2024

Tonight! Join us for Don Paterson's Annual Reading at 6 and you may also have a chance to pick up one of the fine prints our friends at Bristol Common Press have made.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 05/02/2024

🚨VENUE CHANGE🚨 Due to unexpected building work at Wills Memorial, this event on Wednesday has been moved to the Priory Road Lecture Theatre (same time, details at link below). There are still a few spots if you'd like to book and join us. Looking forward to seeing you there!

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 30/01/2024

Today we were at Bristol Common Press printing up a limited run of Don Paterson’s “Sliding on Loch Ogil” to be available for the Bristol Poetry Institute’s 2023-2024 Annual Reading on 7 February. Book now and maybe grab one of these (while supplies last!!) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bristol-po...

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Jon Turney @jonturney.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Booked :)

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

The Bristol Poetry Institute is pleased to announce the 2023-2024 Annual Reading featuring Don Paterson. 6PM on 7 February in Wills Memorial. Free and open to all. Book here to secure your place! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bristol-po...

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Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading 2024: Don Paterson

Join the Bristol Poetry Institute in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building for a reading from award winning poet Don Paterson.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

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Bristol Poetry Institute Annual Reading 2024: Don Paterson

Join the Bristol Poetry Institute in the Great Hall of the Wills Memorial Building for a reading from award winning poet Don Paterson.

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The Bristol Poetry Institute @bristolpoetry.bsky.social · 19/12/2023

We are proud to be co-sponsoring this international conference on Lyric Theory. Please spread the word and consider submitting!

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