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10th Celebration
1-3 October 2010
presented at
British Council
via Manzoni 38, Milan
Saturday 8 May,
5.00 p.m.
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2010 Competition
adjudicators
James Harpur
Carole Baldock
Kevin Bailey
suggested theme is
"Mediterranean".
inspired visiting
www.mediterranean.nu
poems from all around the Med
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The South Bank Show
6th December 2009
ITV Channel One
see scenes from the IX Poetry on the Lake Celebration at Orta San Giulio with Carol Ann Duffy
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Festival 2009
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Poetry on the Lake Journal two
. Poems in English and in Italian. Essays.
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Poetry on the Lake Journal one
essays,articles,poems
now available from us or
www.ilmiolibro.it
was presented at the
CELEBRATION ' 08
10-12th October
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2007
Poetry on the Lake went to Sacro Monte, Varallo Sesia
for the 7th Celebration and Awards : 12th-14th October 2007.
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Anthologies
Wild
Lakes
Stranger
Hortus Conclusus
Hic et nunc
Orta Christmas
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Poetry On the Lake, based on the
Island at Orta San Giulio, Lake Orta, north Italy
was created in 2001 and is organised by Gabriel Griffin
Patron is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy
who described it on the South Bank Show, ITV, 6 December 2009 as:
"...perhaps the smallest but possibly the most perfect poetry festival in the world"
10th annual international Celebration: 1-3 October 2010
(places limited)
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Carol Ann Duffy at Isola San Giulio
Memorable was Carol Ann's reading in the Basilica, Isola San Giulio, 13th February 2007, when Carol Ann read from the altar and the Abbess of the Monastero Mater Ecclesiae, Anna Maria Cànopi, read her own compositions from the matroneo, accompanied by music on the cetra played by a Benedictine nun
The first of the annual Poetry on the Lake Celebrations, created and organised by Gabriel Griffin (www.poetgabrielgriffin.com), took place in 2001 on the antique island of St. Giulio which lies in the centre of the most romantic of Italian lakes, Lake Orta.
 Isola San Giulio
the seat of Poetry on the Lake
www.isolasangiulio.it
Poetry readings, workshops, discussions, poetry and dance and music now take place all over the lake area: on the island, in the square, on Sacro Monte, in the woods, round the chapels, in the old palaces - poetry has become dynamic!
And now Poetry on the Lake also goes to Varallo Sesia, to the first of the Sacro Monti, that preferred by Samuel Butler (see his book Ex Voto, which can be downloaded free from Gutenburg, a delightful, informative and amusing read).
Orta Christmas
poems by various authors on the theme of winter, illustrated with colour photos of Lake Orta in winter.
AN INVITATION TO WRITERS AND ARTISTS: come and live in Orta! There are many delightful lakeside houses and apartments, often with walled gardens, for sale or rent at reasonable prices. Orta has been long loved by artists and literary figures: Browning, Nietzsche,Balzac, Montale and many, many others, as well as by saints and those who seek inspiration and tranquillity.
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Past adjudicators: Al Alvarez, John F. Deane, Carol Ann Duffy, John Hartley Williams, Brian Patten, Jo Shapcott, Penelope Shuttle, D.M.Thomas, Kevin Bailey, Massimo Bocchiola, Alessio Zanelli.
Poets who have participated include: Daphne Gloag, John Whitworth, Charles Evans, Anne Stewart, Siriol Troup, Mario Petrucci, Gary Bills, Michael Swan, Kenneth Steven, Chris Preddle, Joan Fry, Grace Ingoldby, Elsa Corbluth, Will Stone, Chris Considine, Pat Borthwick, Christopher North, Victoria Field, Caroline Carver et al.
Annual poetry competition: An international competition for the Silver Wyvern and other awards is launched with the New Year and closes late spring. The 2010 competition closes 15th May. The awards are sponsored by ALESSI .
updated 21 July 2010
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