Latvian Poetry - European Poetry Festival

Kirils Ecis & Maria Celina Val 

In what was a brilliant live celebration of both literary and experimental poetry in collaboration, three Latvian poets - Krišjānis Zeļģis, Krista Anna Belševica, Kirils Ecis - were at the heart of a night of memorable live literary works. Hosted at Kingston University’s RIBA award winning Town House in Kingston upon Thames and supported by British based poets also sharing collaborations, this was a joyous, experimental night of new live literature. 

Simon Tyrrell

This event also saw the launch of Fractured Light: An Anthology by Victoria Kaye (Sampson Low Press) and Simon Tyrrell’s debut publication, Presently.
https://sampsonlow.co/2022/06/24/fractured-light-an-anthology-victoria-kaye/

 Kayona Daley & Krista Anna Belševica

With new poetry and performance collaborations by Krišjānis Zeļģis & SJ Fowler / Kirils Ecis & Maria Celina Val / Krista Anna Belševica & Kayona Daley / Sylee Gore and Laura Davis / Ailsa Holland and Lucy Furlong / Katerina Koulouri and Albert Pellicer / Fiona Larkin and Mark Chamberlain.

Victoria Kaye, Ailsa Holland and Susie Campbell

The European Poetry Festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century in Europe. It aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries. 
https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Krišjānis Zeļģis & SJ Fowler

The "Latvian Literature" platform was established in order to promote recognition of Latvian literature and its distribution abroad, to ensure international cooperation among publishers, literary agents, writers, translators, and organizations working in the fields of literature and publishing. We are here to provide you with a diverse array of information on Latvian authors, books, our publishing industry, and innovations within the industry.
https://latvianliterature.lv/en/news

Ailsa Holland and Lucy Furlong

Mark Chamberlain and Fiona Larkin

Albert Pellicer and Katerina Koulouri

Laura Davis and Sylee Gore

Austrian Poetry Celebration - European Poetry Festival

Fabian Faltin and SJ Fowler

A brilliant event celebrating contemporary Austrian poetry through three of its most dynamic and exciting practitioners, visiting London to present brand new collaborations, made for the night, with British counterparts. A full house witnessed the 5th Austrian celebration at the European Poetry Festival, and as before this event shared remarkable cross-genre and cross-lingual literature of the most original kind. https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Han Smith and Hannah Bründl

The event also saw the launch of a new publication in the Occasions series - an anthology documenting the collaborations that make up the history of the EPF and the ACF, published by Sampson Low.

David Spittle and Max Höfler

The European Poetry Festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century in Europe. It aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries. 

Lavinia Singer and Jessica Sequeira

The Austrian Cultural Forum London promotes cultural contacts between the UK and Austria by organising events and supporting artists and projects in the fields of music, performing arts, visual arts, literature, film and science. We provide a venue in central London for recitals, lectures, readings, film screenings, conferences and exhibitions, while also cooperating with various partners throughout the UK.

Waltraud Dennhardt-Herzog

The ACF London is the Cultural Section of the Austrian Embassy in London and offers free admission to all of its events, which are organised in cooperation with Austrian and Austrian-based artists. The ACF London arranges, initiates, facilitates and supports about 150 events per year, half of which take place at the ACF’s own premises at 28 Rutland Gate, in the heart of Knightsbridge.

Ollie Evans

Stephen Watts

European Poetry Festival 2021 - Swedish Poetry

Simon Tyrrell (left) and Freke Räihä (right) 

Kristian Carlsson & Stephen Emmerson
Pernilla Bergland & Colin Herd
Anna M. Svensson-Stoltz & Maria Celina Val
Freke Räihä & Simon Tyrrell
Agnieszka Studzinka and Fiona Larkin
Nina Fidry, Sophie Shine and Emily Baldwin
Katerina Koulouri 
Introduced by SJ Fowler

November Thursday 25th 2021
Town House Building : Courtyard 

SJ Fowler

Visiting contemporary Swedish poets presented brand new performance collaborations with British-based counterparts, made for the night to a packed out audience at Kingston University’s RIBA award winning Town House. Students of Kingston University also presented new collaborations to support the visiting poets / Supported by the Swedish Embassy UK.

https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

Maria Celina Val (left) and Anna M. Svensson-Stoltz (right) 

The next Writers Kingston event is on December Tuesday 14th 2021 (7pm start), Town House Building : Courtyard Venue, Kingston-upon-Thames. Free entry. Including new performances from New performances and readings from Maria Celina Val, Lucy Furlong, SJ Fowler, James Knight, Silje Ree, Patrick Cosgrove, Nina Fidry and Marcia Knight-Latter.

There will also feature a performance by the sound poetry group The Popogrou Antichoir (Lucy Furlong, Ailsa Holland, Simon Tyrrell, Martin Wakefield, SJ Fowler, Patrick Cosgrove, Bob Bright, Lisa Blackwell, Chris Kerr, Bob T. Bright).

https://www.writerskingston.com/