If you haven’t made it to any of the Foreword Festival events yet, don’t miss our punk and performance poetry night on Friday – it’s going to be amazing! Book via the John Peel Centre Box Office. Don’t worry – it’s not going to be intense people in black berets smoking Gauloises cigarettes and discussing…
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We are really excited to announce the Foreword Festival Poetry Night at the John Peel Centre, Friday 15th August 2025! Check out our line-up, and keep checking our blog and social media for ticket announcements. Put the date in your diaries – tickets available soon!
Our flash fiction competition, Fast Foreword, is back for the 2025 festival! We’re looking for stories of 400 to 500 words – prose, not poetry. Quick, punchy narratives that you can sit and read in the time it takes you to enjoy a cuppa. Stories can be on any theme, in any genre. Just remember that this…
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