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Thursday 24 September 2026

Digital Media Performance Lab

16:00 Young Poet Laureate Prizegiving Ceremony
Young Poet Laureate Prizegiving Ceremony

Friday 25 September 2026

Digital Media Performance Lab

12:30 BBC Writers: Who We Are and What We Do
BBC Writers: Who We Are and What We Do
15:30 Poetry & Place
Poetry & Place
17:00 Hope Collective: Poetry to Soothe the Soul
Hope Collective: Poetry to Soothe the Soul
19:00 Deaf Time - Film & Discussion
Deaf Time - Film & Discussion
14:00 Poetry & The Imagination: A Readerbank Workshop
Poetry & The Imagination: A Readerbank Workshop

Media City Campus

17:00 Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry
Jackie Kay: A Life in Poetry

Maxwell Hall, Peel Park Campus

18:30 Joelle Taylor: Maryville
Joelle Taylor: Maryville
21:00 Listen In: Gilgamesh with Simon Armitage
Listen In: Gilgamesh with Simon Armitage

Saturday 26 September 2026

Media City Campus

The Laurel Prize Workshop: Writing the Quays
The Laurel Prize Workshop: Writing the Quays
14:00 The Laurel Prize Workshop: As Easily as Leaves to a Tree: A Workshop in Negative Capability
The Laurel Prize Workshop: As Easily as Leaves to a Tree: A Workshop in Negative Capability
10:30 "Wordsworth the nature lover" - Can his poetry change your life?
"Wordsworth the nature lover" - Can his poetry change your life?
12:00 Inspirations: Joelle Taylor, Testament & Owen Sheers
Inspirations: Joelle Taylor, Testament & Owen Sheers
16:00 Journeys Into Poetry: Jackie Kay & Jason Allen-Paisant
Journeys Into Poetry: Jackie Kay & Jason Allen-Paisant
17:30 Tony Harrison's Film Poems
Tony Harrison's Film Poems
16:30 Future Focus: The Writing Squad, Jay Mitra & Griot Gabriel
Future Focus: The Writing Squad, Jay Mitra & Griot Gabriel
18:00 Imaginative Leaps: Paul Farley, Karen McCarthy Woolf & Khadijah Ibrahiim
Imaginative Leaps: Paul Farley, Karen McCarthy Woolf & Khadijah Ibrahiim
15:45 Writing To Be Well Workshop
Writing To Be Well Workshop
14:00 Alice Oswald: Rhapsody
Alice Oswald: Rhapsody
12:00 People's Poetry Forum: Paul Farley & Liz Berry
People's Poetry Forum: Paul Farley & Liz Berry
17:45 The Poems We Made Along the Way Podcast
The Poems We Made Along the Way Podcast
19:00 Lyrics, Salford & Songwriting: Songs of Salford
Lyrics, Salford & Songwriting: Songs of Salford 

Sunday 27 September 2026

Digital Media Performance Lab

11:30 Green Lines: A Green Poetry Celebration.
Green Lines: A Green Poetry Celebration.
12:30 Green Lines: How to Make an Animated Film
Green Lines: How to Make an Animated Film
15:30 Poetry & Communities: Salford meets Seacroft
Poetry & Communities: Salford meets Seacroft

Media City Campus

11:30 Discussion: Generative AI & Poetry
Discussion: Generative AI & Poetry
11:30 People's Poetry Forum: Kate Ireland & Toria Garbutt
People's Poetry Forum: Kate Ireland & Toria Garbutt
14:00 Journeys Into Poetry: Joelle Taylor, Andrew McMillan & Toria Garbutt
Journeys Into Poetry: Joelle Taylor, Andrew McMillan & Toria Garbutt