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Chapter and now verse for literature fans

The organisers of this year’s Swindon Alice Oswald takes the stage at Swin- ful poetry workshops
Festival of Literature and last Octo- don Arts Centre on 5 October. and informative poetry
ber’s fabulous first Festival of Poetry Starting on the morning of National surgeries, put on an
have announced a second offering Poetry Day on 3 October, the festival exhibition of pictures
of verse – complete with a big name. will also celebrate with an M4 Cor- and poems, and run a
The Swindon Festival of Poetry will ridor Poetry Day, featuring poets Heritage Vintage Bus
run from 3 to 6 October, and poets from Llanelli to London, and includ- Tour round town, cel-
already booked to appear include Liv- ing others from Cardiff, Bristol, Bath, ebrating Swindon with
erpool’s Poet Laureate and presenter Swindon, Oxford, Newbury, Reading poems and pleasure
of BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please, Roger and Slough. along the way.
McGough, right. The festival will also showcase There’s also the
He will be appearing at the Wyvern plenty of local poetic talent, present chance to compose
theatre on 4 October, while esteemed the results of the Battered Moons micro-poems in just
prize-winning Olympics wordsmith poetry competition, offer help- 140 characters - see
opposite.
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