Poetry in the Summer - St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales
St Stephen's Church, Fylingdales, North Yorkshire
Enjoy an engaging session of poetry in beautiful historic surroundings.
Enjoy an hour of poetry with two well-known and long-established poets. This event is not to be missed! Booking is not required.
Robert Powell was born in Canada and now lives in York. He has published four collections of poetry - Harvest of Light (2007), All (2015) Riverain (2018), and Lost & Found (2021). He was artist in residence with the Kone Foundation in 2018 and in 2019 produced Notes From a Border River, inspired by time in Northern Ireland during Brexit negotiations. He has worked with other artists on short films and performances, and is currently writer in residence at York Civic Trust.
Kitty Greenbrown is an award-winning performance poet with a keen interest in telling stories and collaborating with other artists. Recent projects include commissions for North York Moors National Park, York Art Gallery, York Theatre Royal and XR Stories. Kitty’s poetry has been published in various anthologies, and was highly commended in the York Poetry Prize in 2019, The National Poetry Archive Competition in 2020 and the Patricia Eschen Prize for Poetry in 2022.