Poetry at Keble

Poets at Keble Series

Each term, a poet visits the college for a reading followed by a question-and-answer session. The spirit of the events is relaxed and informal. Entry is free, and the series is open to members of the university and to the public.

Since its inception in 2013, Poets at Keble has become celebrated as one of the leading series of its kind. Readers have included several rising stars as well as many of the most esteemed poets currently at work (including Pulitzer prize winners and Oxford Professors of Poetry). They have been drawn from a diversity of stylistic schools and from all around the world, from the USA to Ukraine.

Speakers so far have included: James Longenbach, Simon Armitage, Vidyan Ravinthiran, Jonathan Galassi, Maureen McLane, Alice Oswald, A E Stallings, Jamie McKendrick, Peter Robinson, Don Paterson, Sarah Howe, Michael Longley, Spencer Reece, Denise Riley, Henri Cole, John Burnside, Stephanie Burt, Hera Lindsay Bird, Caitriona O’Reilly, Hannah Sullivan, Richard Scott, Vahni Capildeo, Kit Fan, Lisa Robertson, Padriag O Tuama, Iryna Starovoyt, Alice Notley, Peter Gizzi, Rae Armantrout, Fred Moten, Eliza Griswold and Keston Sutherland.

The next event in the series is a reading by Will Harris at 6pm on Wednesday 10th June in the Pusey Room.

Free entry, no tickets or booking required. All welcome.

Contact: Dr Conrad Steel or Professor Matt Bevis