Netherlands Poetry Celebration :
May Saturday 6th 2023

Pairs of brilliant European and British poets presented brand new experimental and literary live poems, made for the night, in collaboration! Led by two of the Netherlands most remarkable and distinctive contemporary poets, Maria Barnas and Sasja Janssen, this event pushed what is possible for live poetry and evidenced the range of the contemporary Dutch poetry scene. richmix.org.uk/events/european-poetry-festival-2023-netherlands-poetry/

Featuring a host of poets from around Europe in support, poets performing included Maria Barnas and Agnieszka Studzińska / Sasja Janssen and Prudence Chamberlain-Bussey / Lori Wike and Anthony Etherin / Will Rene and Victor Rees / SJ Fowler and Nick Roth / Mark Coverdale and Julia Rose Lewis / Ondřej Macl and Miruna Fulgeanu / Yasmin Hafedh and Vilde Bjerke Torset

Curated by SJ Fowler. 'Part of New Dutch Writing, presented by the Dutch Foundation for Literature'.


To see the 2022 European Poetry Festival : Netherlands poetry event with Jaap Blonk and Asha Karami, amongst many others, visit https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/netherlands-2022