{"id":5337,"date":"2013-09-03T09:25:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T08:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/?p=5337"},"modified":"2013-09-03T09:26:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T08:26:27","slug":"wise-words-festival-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/music-matters\/2013\/09\/03\/wise-words-festival-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Wise Words Festival next week"},"content":{"rendered":"

The written and spoken word is celebrated next week, as Canterbury comes alive to the Wise Words festival.<\/a><\/p>\n

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Ian McMillan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Back for a second year, running from Thursday 12 – Sunday 15 September,<\/strong> the festival sees poets such as Sir Andrew Motion<\/strong> reading from his new collection, The Customs House<\/em>; the Bard of Barnsley and presenter of Radio 3’s The Verb<\/em>, Ian McMillan<\/strong>, will be here next Friday, in collaboration with composer Luke Carver Goss.<\/p>\n

Three of the University of Kent’s poets from the School of Creative Writing will also be participating; award-winning poet Nancy Gaffield<\/strong> will be leading a workshop on poetry and the journey, in the wake of her prize-winning collection Tokaido Road, <\/em>and Dorothy Lehane<\/strong> and Patricia Debney<\/strong> will also be featuring in the festival.<\/p>\n

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On the road: Nancy Gaffield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Canterbury Laureate Dan Simpson<\/strong> will be presenting a crowd-sourced poem celebrating the city, and there’s also an array of events for families and children, many of which are free to attend. Poets and story-tellers will be popping up in surprising locations around Canterbury, including in a yurt in the Franciscan Gardens; or take a punt on the river to explore myths, legends and fairy-tales in the company of Emily Parrish<\/strong>. Join poet John Siddique<\/strong> <\/em>free each morning at Browns Coffeehouse for his daily journal-writing session; the Three Cities Garden <\/strong>will be full of mystery, wonder and story-telling; or re-discover the lost art of exploration with explorer, navigator and broadcaster Tristan Gooley<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Find out more about next week online here; <\/a> promising to be a festival that “re-awakens wonder and encourages curiosity,” you won’t be disappointed.<\/p>\n

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