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New Poet Laureate appointed
The new Poet Laureate for Derbyshire is to be Helen Mort. She is the fifth person to take the post and she replaces Matt Black who carried out his last engagement yesterday for… Continue reading →
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Libraries mark national day
What better month to start a new artsbeat column about the fantastic cultural activities going on in our libraries than February as it is the month in which we celebrate National Libraries Day.…...
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Poet Laureate reads Spireites poem
There is a great article about Derbyshire’s Poet Laureate Helen Mort at this link to the Chesterfield Post http://bit.ly/1niG1VZ. She has been working on a project involving Chesterfield Football Club...
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Chatsworth Road Festival starts this weekend
Chatsworth Road in Chesterfield must be one of the most vibrant neighbourhoods in the county if their annual festival is anything to go by. The programme is packed with a huge variety of… Continue...
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Still time to enter poetry competition
Buxton Festival’s 2015 poetry competition, which has the theme time, is open for entries. There are three categories – Open for adult poets, Youth for 12-18 year olds, and Children’s for those aged…...
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Derbyshire Literature Festival starts today
The eighth Derbyshire Literature Festival is being staged across the county from May 8-17 with a range of more than 40 exciting events from author talks and workshops to fun for children and… Continue...
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Carol Ann Duffy to open second book festival
Carol Ann Duffy, the Poet Laureate, and Helen Mort, Derbyshire Poet Laureate, will open the second Derby Book Festival next year it was announced yesterday. Carol Ann will read from her acclaimed...
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Book Festival launched today
The second Derby Book Festival programme, being launched this evening (April 5), includes many amazing writers, poets, historians, […]
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