Sea Here: North Yorkshire Women Poets and Music by The Marigolds

Fri Nov 07 2025 at 03:30 pm to 05:30 pm UTC+00:00

The Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre | Whitby

Whitby Lit Fest
Publisher/HostWhitby Lit Fest
Sea Here: North Yorkshire Women Poets and Music by The Marigolds
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Three poets from the Yorkshire coast perform a selection of their poetry as a dynamic group.
About this Event

Three poets from the Yorkshire coast - Wendy Pratt, Rowena Somerville, and Charlotte Oliver - perform a selection of their poetry as a dynamic group.

Wendy Pratt is the founder and editor of Spelt magazine, dedicated to celebrating rural life. She runs short courses and workshops through her Substack writing community, Notes from the Margin. Her latest poetry collection is Blackbird Singing at Dusk.

An Ilkley Literature Festival New Northern Poet, Charlotte Oliver is published widely, with commissions for the BBC and North Yorkshire Moors National Park. She has appeared on R4’s Front Row and is Resident Poet at Scarborough’s South Cliff Gardens. She is one of the Poetry Society's Poets in Schools.

Rowena Sommerville is a writer and singer who lives on top of a cliff. She has written and illustrated books for children. Her first adult collection of poetry, Melusine was published in 2021. Rowena was the Visual Artist in Residence for the quarterly review of poetry The High Window in 2022, and she regularly reviews poetry for the magazine.

Local group, The Marigolds (flowers of beauty, with a hint of washing up) perform a variety of harmonious female Acapella music. From trad to weird, their songs always have a distinctive edge.

The Marigolds are Fay Gillanders, Gillian Edwards, and Rowena Sommerville.

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The Whitby Mission & Seafarers Centre, Haggersgate, Whitby, United Kingdom

Tickets

GBP 5.00 to GBP 9.00

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