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We’re excited to announce that Early Bird Tickets for the inaugural Dobunni Poetry Festival are now on sale!More than 15...
12/06/2026

We’re excited to announce that Early Bird Tickets for the inaugural Dobunni Poetry Festival are now on sale!

More than 15 events will run over two days, 16 – 17 October, at venues across Stroud – our early bird ticket is a bargain at £80 for the whole festival (that's just over a fiver per event!).

From debut collection readings in Borderless Books to showcase events from Broken Sleep, Ambient Receiver and Dialect Press/DIRT to a Friday Night Word Lab special, poetry films, sound installations and a Slight Afterparty on the Saturday, there’s lots going on. Come through!

Tickets can be purchased via our website: www.dobunnipoetryfestival.co.uk

Here’s the full line-up:

PASCALE PETIT – ALISON BRACKENBURY - AMBIENT RECEIVER - ZOE BROOKS - CLAIRE CARROLL - CHAKA - JASON CONWAY - HANNAH COPLEY - KYM DEYN - KAREN DOWNS BARTON - SUYIN DU BOIS - RHIAN ELIZABETH - ANGELA FRANCE - RACHEL GOODMAN - REBECCA GOSS - GEORGIA GRIFFITHS - LUCY HOLME - ADAM HOROVITZ - ALUN HUGHES - ANDREW HYKEL MEARS - AARON KENT - LENZO - LIVING MATTER - JLM MORTON - JOSHUA O’CATHSAIG - PEY OH - ALYCIA PIRMOHAMED - KATE POTTS - ELEANOR REES - ELVIRE ROBERTS - PHILIP RUSH - ANNA SAUNDERS - MARTHA SPRACKLAND - SOLLE - ELLORA SUTTON TSANTANA - MERCE WHITE - JAKE WILD HALL - ALICE WILLITTS - JONNY FLUFFYPUNK & UTA BALDAUF X WORD LAB - SLIGHT AFTERPARTY WITH LOST MYTHOS + SPECIAL GUESTS

Thanks for all your support!

The festival is a join partnership between Dialect and Gloucestershire Poetry Society, with support from

Our joyful June Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Suzy Aspell, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucesters...
04/06/2026

Our joyful June Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Suzy Aspell, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucestershire Poetry Society YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/hrBrFopxqZI

Hosted by Kate Jenkinson
IT and Support by Jason Conway

First Half

Open mic:
Laura Grevel
Michael Sindler
Ed Poetastic
Ashley Edge
Jude Marr
Rose Lennard
Harry Owen
Bryan Franco

Suzy Aspell headline performance

Half-time break

Second Half

Open mic:
Palowski Moore
Jenna Plewes
Gerald Kells
Rob Punton
Beth Brooke
Nicholas McGaughey
Sue Butler
Alan Mansell
Jason Conway
David Thompson
Gareth Barsby


You can listen to the audio recording and read the chat transcript on the GPS website:
https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/online-poetry-events

The Gloucestershire Poetry Society is a voluntary-run group that relies on the support of our members and the wider poetry and creative writing community. Please spare a donation to help support our featured poets and run our events:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url

If you enjoy this recording, consider joining the society as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship

See our future events at www.ticketsource.co.uk/gloucestershire-poetry-society

DOBUNNI POETRY FESTIVAL 16–17 October 2026. Hosted by Gloucestershire Poetry Society & Dialect Writers Collective.We’re ...
15/05/2026

DOBUNNI POETRY FESTIVAL 16–17 October 2026. Hosted by Gloucestershire Poetry Society & Dialect Writers Collective.

We’re pleased to announce the dates of our first poetry festival! And what a line up we’ve got in store. Stroud is a town rich in creativity, but it has never had a poetry festival of its own. In a place known for its independent spirit, its artistic communities across disciplines, and its deep connection to landscape and radical thought, this absence is striking. The Dobunni Poetry Festival 2026 aims to change that, establishing Stroud’s first dedicated poetry festival and creating a cultural home for writers, readers, and audiences of all ages, supported by our festival bookseller Borderless Books.

By naming the festival after the Dobunni, we’re honouring a lineage of creativity, resilience, and connection to place. It signals that this is a festival grown from the ground up - shaped by the people who live and work here, attentive to the rural territory that has always held stories, and committed to celebrating the voices that rise from it today.

The festival will run across two days, 16–17 October 2026, bringing together headline poets of national standing with the exceptional talent already thriving in the region, platforming poets and publishers from the west / south west.

For now, kindly save the date in your diaries – tickets will be on sale very soon. We hope to see you in October!



LINE UP

Pascale Petit
Alison Brackenbury
Ambient Receiver
Zoe Brooks
Claire Carrol
Chaka
Jason Conway
Hannah Copley
Nick Degg
Kyn Deyn
Karen Downs-Barton
Suyin du Bois
Angela France
Lucy Holme
Adam Horovitz
Alun Hughes
Andrew Hykel Mears
Aaron Kent
Living Matter
JLM Morton
Pey Oh
Alycia Pirmohamed
Kate Potts
Philip Rush
Martha Sprackland
Ellora Sutton
Alice Willitts
Jonny Fluffypunk & Uta Balduf x Art Lab
Slight afterparty with Lost Mythos + special guests

Join Tom Hirons and Rozi Hilton for a weekend adventure in the world of poetry, with the aim of bring power and eloquenc...
13/05/2026

Join Tom Hirons and Rozi Hilton for a weekend adventure in the world of poetry, with the aim of bring power and eloquence to your work.

6th - 7th June at The Wilson Museum, Cheltenham.

'Wielding The Green Knife' is a wild weekend that clears the cobwebs from your transmission; where self-awareness meets ancestral-knowing, in a dance of poetic-craft.

Unmask the longings behind your words and give them room inside your body; with our tools and techniques for creating, crafting and truly channelling your writing work.

Two days of soulful spellmaking, wide-ranging exploration and poetic adventure; from wordcraft sessions to embodied practice and subtle artistry of true-speaking; with two skilled and experienced feral-poet facilitators...

An intensive poetry workshop like no other; exploring a world of truth-telling, rich poetry and & eloquent risk - helping you examine the authentic roots of your work, and ultimately turn up the power.

Book your place:
https://tomhirons.com/events/wielding-the-green-knife-weekend-workshops

Our marvellous May Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Kate Noakes, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucest...
07/05/2026

Our marvellous May Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Kate Noakes, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucestershire Poetry Society YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/wOMGcW04qrc

Hosted by Emma Clowsley
IT and Support by Jason Conway

First Half

Open mic:
Jude Marr
Pratibha Castle
Fokkina McDonnell
Richard Spisak
Simon Alderwick
Lucia Daramus
Nicholas McGaughey
Beth Brooke
Becca Rocker

Clive Oseman headline performance

Half-time break

Second Half

Open mic:
Veronica-Mae Soar
Naomi Madlock
Lou Clements
Sue Finch
Jason Conway
Suzy Aspell
Ed Poetastic
Robert Punton
Gareth Barsby
Clive Oseman


You can listen to the audio recording and read the chat transcript on the GPS website:
https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/online-poetry-events

The Gloucestershire Poetry Society is a voluntary-run group that relies on the support of our members and the wider poetry and creative writing community. Please spare a donation to help support our featured poets and run our events:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url

If you enjoy this recording, consider joining the society as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship

See our future events at www.ticketsource.co.uk/gloucestershire-poetry-society

12/04/2026

Just here to highlight the brilliant job done by Jason Conway over the last three years.👏
Well done. I know how much time and effort it takes to keep things going smoothly. I do hope someone can take it over for a few years and keep this wonderful poetry society running. It takes effort but it is also exceedingly rewarding.
Here's to the future GPS!
Posted by Josephine Lay 📚📖🎤🩷

Our awesome April Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Clive Oseman, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucest...
07/04/2026

Our awesome April Crafty Crows online poetry event featuring Clive Oseman, plus open mic, can be watched on the Gloucestershire Poetry Society YouTube Channel:

https://youtu.be/8ECrbvEIpBI

Hosted by Emma Clowsley
IT and Support by Peter Lay

You can listen to the audio recording and read the chat transcript on the GPS website:
https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/online-poetry-events

The Gloucestershire Poetry Society is a voluntary-run group that relies on the support of our members and the wider poetry and creative writing community. Please spare a donation to help support our featured poets and run our events:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBNR575RFTCBE&source=url

If you enjoy this recording, consider joining the society as a Friendship Member: https://www.thegloucestershirepoetrysociety.co.uk/friendship

See our future events at www.ticketsource.co.uk/gloucestershire-poetry-society

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