An evening of poetry in the hands of a true master - and in yours. Kevin Crossley-Holland, one of the most treasured poets and storytellers of our region, opens the evening with readings from his Collected Poems. After his readings, Kevin will be taking your questions, before the stage opens for an Open Mic hosted by Poetry Aloud.
 
Whether you come to listen or to share your own work, this is an evening that celebrates the extraordinary power of poetry: its ability to name what feels unspeakable and to connect us across every kind of difference. 
 
Format: Poetry Reading & Open Mic
Themes: Poetry, Adults, Headliner, Open Mic
 
Kevin Crossley-Holland Books: Collected Poems, The Breaking Hour, The Mountains of Norfolk, Moored Man, Poems from East Anglia, The Painting-Room, Waterslain, The Rain Giver 
Kevin Crossley-Holland (b. 1941) is a prize-winning poet, translator from Anglo-Saxon (including Beowulf), re-teller of traditional tale (The Penguin Book of Norse Myths and Between Worlds: British Folk Tales), librettist and novelist for children, winning the Carnegie Medal for Storm and the Guardian Fiction Prize for The Seeing Stone, the first book in his Arthur trilogy.
He has collaborated with many composers and artists and served as President of the School Library Association 2012-2017. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the Society of Authors, and an Honorary Fellow of Saint Edmund Hall, Oxford. He lives in north Norfolk.