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Guided Tour

National Poetry Library Favourites

We’ve teamed up with the National Poetry Library to bring you this guided tour of The Poetry Archive. In this tour, members of the National Poetry Library team, Chris McCabe, Lorraine Mariner and Will René, walk you through their favourites within our collections.

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National Poetry Day 2024

Celebrating National Poetry Day, this year’s theme is ‘counting.’

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National Poetry Day 2022

National Poetry Day – the UK’s biggest mass-participation celebration of poetry takes place in October each year and is a fantastic resource for poetry fans. For 2022, the National Poetry Day theme is THE ENVIRONMENT. Poetry Archive has curated this superb collection…

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National Poetry Day 2021

National Poetry Day – the UK’s biggest mass-participation celebration of poetry takes place in October each year and is a fantastic resource for poetry fans. For 2021, the National Poetry Day theme is CHOICE. Poetry Archive has curated this superb collection of our…

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National Poetry Day 2020

National Poetry Day was founded in 1994 by the charity Forward Arts Foundation as an annual celebration that inspires people throughout the UK to enjoy, discover and share poems. Everyone is invited to join in and this year’s them is…

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National Memory Day

National Memory Day is an annual celebration of poetry and creative writing for people affected by memory loss. National Memory Day raises awareness of the challenges for families, carers and those living with memory loss face and raises funds to support…