Participants: StAnza 2009
Clockwise from top left: Ian Rankin (Photo © Rankin),
Carol Ann Duffy (Photo: Michael Woods),
Peter Porter, Kate Clanchy, Sophie Hannah,
Simon Armitage (Photo: Jonty Wilde)
Patience Agbabi (Photo: Sam Taylor)
Robert Crawford, Sheena Wellington,
Helen Dunmore (Photo: Jerry Bauer)
StAnza 2009 takes place from: 18–22 March
Over 70 poets from New Zealand, America, Canada, Australia, Italy, Lithuania, Switzerland & across the UK including
Carol Ann Duffy
Simon Armitage
Helen Dunmore
Peter Porter
Robert Crawford
Kate Clanchy
Sophie Hannah
Bill Manhire
Patience Agbabi
Angus Peter Campbell
Elvis McGonagall
Jay Parini
Alan Riach
Dilys Rose
Julia Copus
Roddy Lumsden
Jenny Bornholdt
More poets below...
Over 30 writers, artists, musicians, actors & film-makers complement the poetry programme including
Ian Rankin
Siobhan Redmond
David Mach
Sheena Wellington
Crispin Bonham Carter
Rod Paterson
John Sampson
Gill Bowman
More participants below...
Poets also appearing
Jay Bernard, Emily Berry, Elisa Biagini, Ros Brackenbury, Annie Boutrelle, Stuart B Campbell, Thomas A Clark, Abi Curtis, Gerrie Fellows, Alan Gillis, Kerry Shawn Keys, Peter McCarey, Martainn Macintyre, Martin Newell, Adam O'Riordan, Sonata Paliulyte, Kornelijus Platelis, Stephen Scobie, Nancy Somerville, Bianca Tarozzi, Judith Taylor, Ben Wilkinson, Jim C Wilson
Artists also appearing
Jim Carruth, Laurie Clark, Thomas A Clark, Tim Cockburn, Alec Finlay, Susan McGill
Actors & Performers also appearing
David Campbell, Ruth Frame, Pauline Gray, Cralan Kelder, Nigel Leask, Clark Morgan, Kenneth Price, Trio Pas Lundi
Speakers & Chairs appearing
Neil Anderson, Drew Clegg, Marco Fazzini, Jay Parini, Les Robinson, Hamish Whyte
NB: The appearance of a number of overseas participants is dependant on funding yet to be agreed.
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