Wilfred Owen

01/06/2013 - 02/06/2013 The Alliance of Literary Societies Literary Weekend 2013

A weekend of talks, tours and conversation about books and writers, centred on St Hilda's College, Oxford.

25/06/2013 - 12/07/2013 Was it for this the Clay Grew Tall?

Was it for this the Clay Grew Tall? Words from War Requiem in a major new interpretation by Stephen Raw.

Exhibition to be opened by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, on 24 June
Featured exhibition of the City of London Festival, 25 June – 12 July 2013
2013: Year-long centenary celebrations of Benjamin Britten
Exhibition synchronises with The City of London Festival’s performance of War Requiem in St Paul’s Cathedral, 25 June, by the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra – who gave the work its 1962 première in Coventry Cathedral - with German, Russian and English soloists.

01/07/2013 - 06/07/2013 Bullets and Daffodils by Dean Johnson

Dean Johnson's rock interpretation of Wilfred Owen's poetry comes to the West End in July. A special ticket price is available to WOA members.

17/09/2013 - 15/10/2013 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 20th Anniversary Tour

The Poetry Book Society has announced that it will be running a ten venue national tour to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first T S Eliot Prize, set up in 1993 to mark its 40th anniversary and to honour its founding poet.

30/09/2013 Dannie Abse's 90th birthday meal

Yr Academi Gymreig is organising a meal to celebrate Dannie Abse’s 90th birthday.

Events Archive

01/06/2013 - 02/06/2013 The Alliance of Literary Societies Literary Weekend 2013

25/06/2013 - 12/07/2013 Was it for this the Clay Grew Tall?

01/07/2013 - 06/07/2013 Bullets and Daffodils by Dean Johnson

17/09/2013 - 15/10/2013 T S Eliot Prize for Poetry 20th Anniversary Tour

30/09/2013 Dannie Abse's 90th birthday meal