 Patrons: CICT-UNESCO, British Council, Regione Piemonte, Provincia di Novara
UNESCO supports poetry as a means of helping to construct a culture for peace
PROGRAMME VII CELEBRATION 2007
LAKE ORTA AND SACRO MONTE DI VARALLO
with the collaboration of RISERVA NATURALE SPECIALE del SACRO MONTE DI VARALLO and the support of ALESSI and the Fondazione Banca Popolare di Novara per il territorio
We are delighted to have with us Carol Ann Duffy
Friday 12th October
h. 16.30 Palazzo Penotti-Ubertini, Orta
presentation of the 2007 anthology ‘Wild’
reading
Gary Bills – Llyn Evans –
Maggie Norton - Marcus Smith – Mario Petrucci – Susi Clare
Dan Host-Madsen - – Chris Considine – Stephen Middleton
Franco Acquaviva "Teatro delle Selve"
Sabato 13 ottobre 2007
h. 11.00
Sacro Monte Varallo. Itinerant reading round the chapels
Reading (a.m. & p.m.)
Alessio Zanelli – Barry Tempest – Christopher North –
John Hartley Williams – Massimo Bocchiola – Michael J Woods
Ruth O'Callaghan - Zeno Lorenzo Verlato
h.14.15 Casa d'Adda
Kate Whiteside "Podcasting poetry"
Videopoetry
' The Bundle on the Dresser '
Maggie Norton
talk: 'Landscape and the Cumbrian poets'
h. 14..45 – 16.45 Casa d'Adda
Workshop ‘The One Thing You Own’
facilitator Jacqueline Gabbitas (Poetry School)
on how writers use voice and dialect and other languages in their poetry, looking at writers
like Elizabeth Bishop, DH Lawrence, Frank O'Hara, Geoffrey Hill
as well as having lots of exercises to generate work.
Please book early: places limited
h. 17.00 readings
Sunday 14th October
h. 10.00 Casa Gramsci, Orta
readings:
Anne Stewart - Maria Wallace - Jacqueline Gabbitas -
Anne Ballard - Robert Morley
h.11.00 Workshop “Blue Eye/Red Eye”
led by Leslie Tate,
looking at poetic writing through both head and heart. Firstly (from the head) offering thoughtful 'blue-eye' critical insights into the skills and characteristics that mark out the unique in modern writing; secondly (from the heart) offering fun, practical 'red eye' activities to get your unique voice flowing.
h. 16.30 Sala Tallone, Isola San Giulio
SILVER WYVERN AWARDS
with John Hartley Williams
and Dario Fornara
Hospitality to the adjudicators and winners is kindly offered by the following:
Hotel L'Approdo, Pettenasco - Hotel Cortese, Armeno - Hotel San Rocco, Orta San Giulio
Thanks to : Casa Gramsci, Elisa and Elena Tallone, Palazzo Penotti-Ubertini |
