Name: Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate Reads - Enfield Poets Literary Festival
Start: 2025-10-19T14:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-19T15:00:00+01:00
Location: Forty Hall Estate

Simon Armitage, Poet Laureate Reads - Enfield Poets Literary Festival

Book signing at 3pm
Simon Armitage: The Poet Laureate will give a reading followed by a book signing.
Simon Armitage was born and grew up in West Yorkshire. He is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the PEN Prize for Translation.
He has published over a dozen poetry collections, including Magnetic Field: the Marsden Poems, and acclaimed medieval translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Owl and the Nightingale. His recent books Blossomise and this Spring’s Dwell were both instant Sunday Times bestsellers. His major new poetry collection New Cemetery is hot off the press on Sept 25.
Armitage also writes, records and performs with the band LYR and has received an Ivor Novello Award for his song writing. His book Never Good with Horses features his song lyrics for the first time and celebrates his ear for the music of language. He is the author of two novels and three non-fiction bestsellers: All Points North, Walking Home and Walking Away. A regular broadcaster, who also writes for television and radio, Armitage presented the popular BBC Radio 4 series The Poet Laureate has Gone to his Shed and, more recently, My Poetry and Other Animals.
An award-winning dramatist, his plays The Last Days of Troy and his contemporary spin on Hansel and Gretel were performed at Shakespeare's Globe. Armitage is Professor of Poetry at the University of Leeds. A Vertical Art brings together the vibrant and engaging lectures from his tenure as Oxford Professor of Poetry (2015-2019). He was appointed as Poet Laureate in 2019. www.simonarmitage.com
This event is part of the Enfield Poets Literary Festival.
The Enfield Poets Literary Festival is a celebration of words, voices and creativity in our community, bringing together established and emerging writers for readings, workshops, discussions and more. This year marks the 25th anniversary of Enfield Poets, making the festival an extra special occasion.
TICKETS £20 or £15 concessions
Location - Long Gallery