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# Sheaf Poetry Festival

Sheffield Poetry Festival

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- [](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/) - Three Sheffield poets: Helen Mort, Suzannah Evans, Molly Naylor Sheaf Poetry Festival at Sheffield Indie Book Festival (tickets) La BibliotekaSheffield City Centre, England Saturday, April 25 2026 from 6 pm to 8 pm Taking place at Sheffield independent bookshop La Biblioteka, as part of Sheffield Indie Book Fest. Join Sheaf Poetry at Sheffield independent bookshop La
- [About](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/about/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival is a poetry festival made for Sheffield and beyond! From the original Sheffield Poetry Festival in 2011, started by Noel Williams and Brian Lewis, Sheaf has grown and evolved through many incarnations to become the festival it is today. The festival has grown and changed over the years, but its priorities have
- [2023 archive](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2023-archive/) - Sheaf 2023 archive Click on the links below to view selections of images from our 2023 festival.1. 2023 archive (i): The Poetry of Trees with Katharine Towers (photographs by Joe Horner)2. 2023 archive (ii): Dead Women Poets Society (photographs by Joe Horner)3. 2023 archive (iii): Theatre Deli readings, day one (photographs by Brian Lewis)4. 2023 archive
- [2023 archive (iii)](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2023-archive-iii/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2023 A selection of images from Sheaf Poetry Festival at Theatre Deli, 27 May 2023 (photographs by Brian Lewis)
- [2023 archive (ii)](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2023-archive-ii/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2023 A selection of images from Dead Women Poets Society, Sheffield General Cemetery, 26 May 2023 (photographs by Joe Horner)
- [2023 archive (iv)](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2023-archive-iv/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2023 A selection of images from Sheaf Poetry Festival at Theatre Deli, 28 May 2023 (photographs by Joe Horner)
- [2023 archive (i)](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2023-archive-i/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2023 A selection of images from The Poetry of Trees with Katharine Towers, Longshaw Estate, 21 May 2023 (photographs by Joe Horner)
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- [Residencies](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/residencies/)
- [Luke Worthy](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/luke-worthy/) - Luke Worthy Young Poet in Residence 2023 in collaboration with Hive South Yorkshire Luke Worthy is a queer poet and fiction writer from Sheffield now based in Amsterdam. His work has been published in journals and anthologies including Poetry Wales, Youth Word Up, Surfing the Twilight (2019) and Dear Life (2022). He was shortlisted for
- [Charlotte Shevchenko Knight](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/charlotte-shevchenko-knight/) - Charlotte Shevchenko Knight resurrects Lesia Ukrainka for Dead [Women] Poets Society In 1871, Larysa Kosach is born in Novohrad-Volynskyi, a Ukrainian town annexed by the Russian Empire (contemporarily known by its original name, Zviahel). She is born at a time in which to speak Ukrainian is dangerous, to write in Ukrainian even more so. Her
- [Safia Khan](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/safia-khan/) - Safia Kahn resurrects Mai Ziadeh for Dead [Women] Poets Society Mai Ziadeh was a Palestinian-Lebanese poet who advanced the Arab renaissance through her poetry, translation, journalism and academic writing. She emerged at a time when female writers were unheard of and became a beacon of the Arab literary world. She was a writer and
- [Poetry 'séance' with Charlotte Shevchenko Knight, Safia Khan & Dead Women's Poets Society](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/poetry-seance-dead-womens-poets-society/) - Dead Women Poets Society: Poetry ‘séance’ Friday 26th MaySheffield General Cemetery Samuel Worth Chapel, S11 8NT19:30 - 21:30£3 - £12 Event Description Dead [Women] Poets Society resurrects women writers. At this 'séance' in the extra-special venue of Sheffield’s General Cemetery, prize-winning poet Charlotte Shevchenko Knight will resurrect Ukrainian activist and leading writer Lesia Ukrainka. Also
- [Poetry Business New Poets' Prize Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/poetry-business-new-poets-prize-online/) - Poetry Business New Poets' Prize with Serena Alagappan, Tom Branfoot, Beth Davies & Chloe Elliott Sunday 28th MayOnline16:00 - 17:00£3 - £12 [Captioned] Event Description Since 2016, the Poetry Business New Poets’ Prize has offered publication and development opportunities to poets aged 17-24. These four poets are the winners of the 2022 prize, and have
- [Poetry Business New Poets' Prize In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/poetry-business-new-poet-prize-in-person/) - Poetry Business New Poets' Prize with Serena Alagappan, Tom Branfoot, Beth Davies & Chloe Elliott Sunday 28th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP16:00 - 17:00£3 - £12 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Since 2016, the Poetry Business New Poets’ Prize has offered publication and development opportunities to poets aged 17-24. These four poets are
- [2019 Archive](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2019-archive/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2019 A selection of images from our festival in 2019
- [Family-Friendly Poetry Walk](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/family-friendly-poetry-walk/) - The Poetry of Trees: Family-friendly poetry walk with Katharine Towers SUNDAY 21st MayNational Trust Longshaw Estate, S11 7TZ13:30 - 14:30FREE Event Description Celebrating the poetry of trees in Britain's oldest National Park, right on Sheffield's doorstep. Suitable for all ages. 13:30 Meet at the Moorland Discovery Centre (Longshaw House, Longshaw Estate, Sheffield S11 7TZ) 13:35
- [Writing Through Crises with Polly Atkin](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/writing-through-crises-polly-atkin/) - Polly Atkin: Noticing small pockets of joy: writing through crises Wednesday 17th MayOnline18:00 - 20:00FREE/£15/£18 Event Description This workshop will look at how writers try to find joy even in the midst of crises – personal, political, and global – drawing on Leila Chatti’s mantra of ‘trying to notice joy’, disabled activist and writer Keah
- [Writing About Trees with Katharine Towers](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/writing-about-trees-katharine-towers/) - Writing About Trees: Workshop with Katharine Towers Sunday 21st MayNational Trust Longshaw Estate - Moorland Discovery Centre, S11 7TZ14:45 - 16:15FREE/£10/£12 Event Description In this workshop with poet Katharine Towers you’ll be exploring trees in all their glory and mystery. What might it feel like to be a tree? How can we put into words
- [Tunes of Enchantment anthology launch](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/tunes-enchantment-launch/) - Tunes of Enchantment anthology launch featuring Warda Yassin Sunday 28th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP14:30 - 15:30PAYF [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Led by Shirin Teifouri, this new anthology presents the work of a group of women with roots from Nigeria, Jamaica, Zimbabwe, Somalia, and Iran. They have been meeting and sharing their
- [This Land is Our Land Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/this-land-our-land-online/) - This Land is Our Land: exploring access to the outdoors through lenses of disability, race, migration and land rights Poetry from Polly Atkin, L Kiew and Jonathan Davidson, and music from Lucy & Hazel Saturday 27th MayOnline20:00 - 22:00£3 - £15 [Captioned] Event Description Nearly 100 years ago, workers marched onto Kinder Scout to fight
- [This Land is Our Land In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/this-land-our-land-in-person/) - This Land is Our Land: exploring access to the outdoors through lenses of disability, race, migration and land rights Poetry from Polly Atkin, L Kiew and Jonathan Davidson, and music from Lucy & Hazel Saturday 27th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP20:00 - 22:00£3 - £15 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Nearly 100 years
- [The Poetry of Trees: Reading by Katharine Towers](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/reading-katharine-towers-oak/) - The Poetry of Trees: reading with Katharine Towers SUNDAY 21st MayNational Trust Longshaw Estate - Moorland Discovery Centre, S11 7TZ16:30 - 17:00PAYF Event Description Culminating a day of tree-themed poetry activities, Katharine Towers will read from her latest collection, Oak. Oaks are some of our oldest companions, and have been rooted in human imagination and
- [Speaking Up Poetry as Activism Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/speaking-up-poetry-activism-online/) - Speaking up: Poetry as Activism with Inua Ellams, Fran Lock and Stephen Lightbown Saturday 27th MayOnline18:00 - 19:30£3 - £12 [Captioned] Event Description Can art change the way society behaves? What can happen when we write through rage, and speak out against injustice? This event brings together three poets who have all written in response
- [Speaking Up Poetry as Activism In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/speaking-up-poetry-activism-in-person/) - Speaking up: Poetry as Activism with Inua Ellams, Fran Lock and Stephen Lightbown Saturday 27th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP18:00 - 19:30£3 - £12 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Can art change the way society behaves? What can happen when we write through rage, and speak out against injustice? This event brings together
- [Sheffield Showcase closing party Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/sheffield-showcase-closing-party-online/) - The Sheffield Showcase closing party: Poetry from Helen Mort, Rachel Bower and Sile Sibanda, and music from Rosey PM. Inc open mic. Sunday 28th MayOnline20:00 - 22:30£3 - £15 [Captioned] Event Description Come and celebrate all that is Sheffield at a festival closing party positively oozing with amazing poetry and music! Poets Helen Mort and
- [Sheffield Showcase closing party In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/sheffield-showcase-closing-party-in-person/) - The Sheffield Showcase closing party: Poetry from Helen Mort, Rachel Bower and Sile Sibanda, and music from Rosey PM. Inc open mic. Sunday 28th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP20:00 - 22:30£3 - £15 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Come and celebrate all that is Sheffield at a festival closing party positively oozing with
- [Dead Women's Poets Society Workshop](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/dead-womens-poets-society-workshop/) - Buy Tickets on Eventbrite Buy Tickets
- [Risks and Reboots with John McCullough](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/risks-reboots-john-mccullough/) - John McCullough: Risks and Reboots: experimenting with poetic theme and form Wednesday 24th MayOnline18:00 - 20:00FREE/£15/£18 Event Description How far do you stretch yourself as a poet? This workshop will encourage you to engage in thematic and formal departures, asking participants to begin poems from a range of surprising angles. We'll discuss areas like reading
- [Reclaiming Cliches with Jen Hadfield](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/reclaiming-cliches-jen-hadfield/) - Jen Hadfield :To Boldly Go Where Everyone Has Gone Before: Reclaiming Clichés Wednesday 3rd MayOnline18:00 - 20:00FREE/£15/£18 Event Description Are there images and ideas you don’t write about because you’re afraid of being cliched? Do you have ear-worm words and phrases that you find yourself hearing time and time again in your poetry? In this
- [Occupation Lane: A Longbarrow Press Poetry Walk](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/longbarrow-press-poetry-walk/) - Occupation Lane: A walk exploring poetry and habitation with Rob Hindle Saturday 27th MayLoxley, S6 6RU (meet outside the Admiral Rodney Pub)10:30 - 12:30£3 - £10 Event Description During the first Covid lockdown in the spring of 2020, many people’s idea of ‘place’ shifted. In the semi-rural environment of Loxley, between Sheffield and the Peak,
- [Hive Young Writers showcase featuring Yomi Ṣode and Luke Worthy Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/hive-young-writers-showcase-online/) - HIVE Young Writers showcase featuring Yomi Ṣode and Luke Worthy Saturday 27th MayOnline14:30 - 15:45PAYF [Captioned] Event Description Join us to celebrate the young writers of Hive South Yorkshire, who will be joined in this event by Sheaf’s Young Poet in Residence Luke Worthy, and a headline set from award-winning poet Yomi Ṣode. Hive South
- [Hive Young Writers showcase featuring Yomi Ṣode and Luke Worthy In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/hive-young-writers-showcase-in-person/) - Hive Young Writers showcase featuring Yomi Ṣode and Luke Worthy Saturday 27th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP14:30 - 15:45PAYF [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description Join us to celebrate the young writers of Hive South Yorkshire, who will be joined in this event by Sheaf’s Young Poet in Residence Luke Worthy, and a headline
- [Hive presents: Workshop for Young Writers with Yomi Ṣode](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/hive-young-writers-workshop-yomi-sode/) - Hive presents: Workshop for Young Writers with Yomi Ṣode Saturday 27th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP11:30 - 13:30FREE Event Description In collaboration with Hive South Yorkshire, this workshop gives young people aged 15-25 the opportunity to develop their writing skills with internationally renowned poet Yomi Ṣode. Writing with Intention Join award-winning writer Yomi Ṣode
- [Creatures of the mind Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/creatures-of-the-mind-online/) - Creatures of the Mind: exploring human and non-human consciousness with Jen Hadfield, Tania Hershman and Joe Carrick-Varty Saturday 27th MayOnline16:00 - 17:30£3 - £12 [Captioned] Event Description This event brings together three poets who have all written about consciousness in different ways. From an octopus taking over your heart, to memories locked in ancient rock,
- [Creatures of the mind In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/creatures-of-the-mind-in-person/) - Creatures of the Mind: exploring human and non-human consciousness with Jen Hadfield, Tania Hershman and Joe Carrick-Varty Saturday 27th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP16:00 - 17:30£3 - £12 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description This event brings together three poets who have all written about consciousness in different ways. From an octopus taking over
- [Creative Activism with Fran Lock](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/creative-activism-fran-lock/) - Fran Lock: Creative activism: exploring the radical, social and political through poetry Tuesday 9th MayOnline18:00 - 20:00FREE/£15/£18 Event Description 'Activism is my rent for living on the planet.' - Alice Walker 'poetry makes nothing happen' - W.H. Auden Is there poetry in activism? Can poetry itself ever be described as 'radical'? If poetry makes nothing
- [Brainwaves: Navigating Our Mental States Online](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/brainwaves-navigating-mental-states-online/) - Brainwaves: Navigating Our Mental States with John McCullough, Nafeesa Hamid & Vicky Morris Sunday 28th MayOnline18:00 - 19:30£3 - £12 [Captioned] Event Description This event brings together three poets whose work explores the different ways in which our brains work; whether that’s an exploration of anxiety, mental illness or the experience of neurodiversity. These poets
- [Brainwaves: Navigating Our Mental States In-Person](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/brainwaves-navigating-mental-states-in-person/) - Brainwaves: Navigating Our Mental States with John McCullough, Nafeesa Hamid & Vicky Morris Sunday 28th MayTheatre Deli, Arley St, S2 4QP18:00 - 19:30£3 - £12 [Captioned & Wheelchair Accessible] Event Description This event brings together three poets whose work explores the different ways in which our brains work; whether that’s an exploration of anxiety, mental
- [2020 Archive](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2020-archive/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2020 Highlights from our fully online festival in 2020
- [2022 Archive](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/2022-archive/) - Sheaf Poetry Festival 2022 From our events at Off The Shelf Festival 2022 in Sheffield Millennium Galleries
- [Splash](https://sheafpoetryfestival.com/splash/) - Greetings and Welcome to Sheaf Poetry Festival! We’re excited to announce that our next Festival has received funding and will be taking place in May 2023! We’re going to bring you workshops, readings, panel chats and poetry walks and we’re really excited about it. Huge thanks to our funding partners Arts Council England, Sheffield Town