Close Read with Open Book: Poetry and Repair

  • Sat 9 Aug 15:00 - 16:30
  • Venue A
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  • Venue A
  • £15.50 [£10.50]
  • In-person tickets go on sale at 10:00 on Saturday 21 June.
Close Read with Open Book: Poetry and Repair

Join Marjorie Lotfi and Claire Urquhart from Open Book, a charity organising shared reading and creative writing groups, as they lead a warm, lively discussion on a selection of poems that chime with our 2025 Festival theme of Repair. Explore language's healing potential and how the act of creating poetry can salve deep emotional hurt. Reading materials will be provided, no preparation required.

Categories: Poetry

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Repair
Repair

The key theme this year is Repair, with the Festival seeking to explore the many things around us which feel broken, and how we might seek to fix them. Using informed insights from a range of experts, lessons learned from our ancestors, the richness and connection offered by the natural world, hands-on activities, and our own inherent humanity, the Festival offers a wide range of active opportunities to rebalance the mind, reinvigorate the spirit, reconcile with others, and restore a sense of calm and…

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