Celebrating & Sharing Poems as Friends
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Poems as Friends at Latitude Festival
Saturday 26th July 2025, Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Suffolk
We’re very happy to be coming back to Latitude Festival this July - bringing Poems as Friends to everyone gathered at The Listening Post on Saturday 26th July.
Our wonderful Michael Shaeffer will be reading poems and sharing stories of connection from our anthology, joined by the brilliant RoyMcFarlane and Hannah Jane Walker.
Latitude has been such a special setting for us in recent years, with so many beautiful memories of Michael and Fiona being there together, sending poems out into the air…
It will be incredibly special to be back.
You can book your tickets for Latitude Festival now!
A beautiful gathering and tribute to Fiona from some of the wonderful poets she met on a visit to Los Angeles in 2023.
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This event takes place in Los Angeles, California at 3:00 pm PST on Saturday, May 17 at the Telescope Studio (11pm UK time). For those of you in other states or countries, this program will be recorded in case you're unable to watch the live stream at that time.
UK poet, director, creative facilitator, founder and podcast host of The Poetry Exchange, Fiona Bennett's luminous and joyful presence in Los Angeles touched all who met her on her visit to the west coast in 2023.
Please enjoy this program for this private event which includes readings from Fiona's collection On the Brink of Touch (Live Cannon, 2024), a tribute from poet Melissa Studdard, a reading from Andrea Witzke Slot, poet and long-time friend of Fiona's who has traveled from London to be our featured guest. There will also be a gorgeous film poem after one of Fiona's own works created by UK poet and filmmaker Janet Lees.
LINK TO WATCH ONLINE: CELEBRATING FIONA - May 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM PST
With tremendous thanks to Telescope Studio for their support in hosting this event in downtown Los Angeles.
Note: the invitation states 3:15 for the livestream to give in-person guests a chance to arrive and settle in at 3:00 pm.
Previous events
On the Brink of Touch by Fiona Bennett:
readings & celebration
Wednesday 26th February 2025
The Bedford, Balham, and live-streamed
On the Brink of Touch by Fiona Bennett:
readings & celebration
Wednesday 26th February 2025
The Bedford, Balham, and live-streamed
An evening celebrating On the Brink of Touch, which took place on Wednesday 26th February at The Bedford in Balham, South London, and live-streamed.
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The evening was put on by Fiona’s publisher, Live Canon, with her mentors Tamar Yoseloff and Glyn Maxwell and fellow members of her MA cohort, with support from The Poetry Exchange.
It was incredibly special to gather - both in person and online - to celebrate Fiona's extraordianry collection soon after its publication. Her words sang out on every page and we felt her with us in every breath, line, glance, hug, cheer, tear and silence.
If you would like a link to a recording of the event, please email john@thepoetryexchange.co.uk. On the Brink of Touch is available now from the Live Canon website.