The 2019 Poem-A-Thon: Part 1

*Soundcloud listeners: please tag poets/readings/poems using the comments feature during playback - this will help us create an index people can use to navigate this podcast in all its enormity. Thanks!!!* On Saturday 18 May 2019, The Poetry Society hosted an all day poetry fundraising extravaganza, including a 10 hour sponsored poetry reading from a line-up of 60 poets. This is part 1, comprising the first 2 hours of the event! See below for the timings of featured poets' sets, and remember that you can still donate to the fundraising campaign via bit.ly/poemdonate. PART 1: FEATURED POETS 1:00 : Hilaire 8:45 : Suzanna Fitzpatrick 19:00 :Joshua Idehen 27:00 : Kate Wakeling 40:00 : Felix Stokes 50:00 : Dino Mahoney 1:03:30 : Holly Singlehurst 1:14:00 : Aisling Fahey 01:23:30 : Greg Freeman 01:33:30 : Michael Shann 01 :44:30 : Heather Moulson 01:53:00 : Jake Wild Hall Stay tuned for parts 2-5, which will be published over the coming days!

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The Poetry Society was founded in 1909 to promote "a more general recognition and appreciation of poetry". Since then, it has grown into one of Britain's most dynamic arts organisations, representing British poetry both nationally and internationally. Today it has more than 4000 members worldwide and publishes the leading poetry magazine, The Poetry Review. With innovative education and commissioning programmes and a packed calendar of performances, readings and competitions, the Poetry Society champions poetry for all ages. "The Poetry Society is the heart and hands of poetry in the UK – a centre which pours out energy to all parts of the poetry-body, and a dexterous set of operations which arrange and organise poetry's various manifestations. It has a long distinguished history, and has never been so vital, or so vitalizing as it is now." Sir Andrew Motion