Devon’s first Edward Capern Festival honouring the ‘Postman Poet of North Devon’ looks set to become an annual event in the village of Heanton Punchardon, following its successful launch on Devon Day (Thursday, 4 June 2026).
The two-day festival, sponsored by Devon CPRE, the charity that works to protect and celebrate Devon’s countryside, resulted in a sell-out first night of poetry...
The charity that campaigns to protect and celebrate Devon’s countryside is sponsoring the first Edward Capern Festival, taking place on Devon Day (Thursday, 4 June) in Heanton Punchardon to honour the ‘Postman Poet of North Devon’, also known as ‘Devonshire’s Robbie Burns’ or ‘Devon’s Bard’.
Edward Capern (1819 - 1894) composed a wealth of poems and songs about the Devon countryside...
Exeter's historic Guildhall is the setting for a special afternoon concert on Saturday, 18 April. The two-hour mayoral reception will include music and verse performed by Exeter Philharmonic Choir's chamber ensemble, the Pilgrims’ Chorus, under the leadership of its Musical Director, Stephen Tanner. The event will raise funds for the Lord Mayor of Exeter’s chosen charity, Riding for the Disabled - Exeter Group.
The programme suits a wide range of tastes. It will be a musical pilgrimage through some of the finest choral works of the past 500 years, embracing sacred and secular...
Writing under the pseudonym of E.M Wallis, Plymouth writer Michael Wallis makes his mark with the release of his debut anthology, " Awaken the Warrior Inside."
As a seasoned journalist and a dedicated communications officer in local government, Michael seamlessly navigates the realms of professional articulation and heartfelt expression, inviting readers to join him on an emotional...
This autumn the National Trust are inviting visitors to Agatha Christie’s holiday home, Greenway in Galmpton, to get their creative juices flowing with a creative writing programme of prompts and activities.
From Friday 7 October, a selection of Christie’s bestsellers will be on display throughout Greenway House alongside free taster writing workshops and a pop-up outdoor poetry...
Plymouth College of Art Pre-Degree student Ciaran Perks has published his first poetry book, ‘Peacocks: Illusory Poems’, now available for purchase at Waterstones and on Amazon as well as being available internationally through Barnes & Noble and more.
Ciaran, aged 17 from Plymouth, decided to pursue writing a poetry collection after receiving a notebook one year for Christmas. “...
Winners of the national poetry competition launched by environmental charity Earthwatch have been announced, with Jamie Carlton from Devon winning a prize in the 8 - 11 year olds category for his ‘Deer’ poem. The poetry competition was launched as part of a range of events organised by Earthwatch to help families cope with lockdown and remain connected to nature, including a popular online...
Professor Andy Brown's latest collection of poetry, Medicine to the Dead, focuses on the subjects of the human body and medicine.
Some poems offer personal narratives while others explore the longer lines of medical history. Several respond to medical paintings and sculptures, others are translated versions from the Spanish of Borges, Machado, and some focus on Victorian cholera alongside present day issues.
There are also a number of lively, contemporary versions of medical scenes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.
Born in Belfast, Rory Waterman’s debut collection Tonight the Summer’s Over (Carcanet, 2013) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation and shortlisted for the Heaney Prize.
His second full-length collection is Sarajevo Roses (Carcanet, 2017) and he has published two pamphlets including Brexit Day on the Balmoral Estate (Rack Press, 2017).
Rory is a Senior Lecturer in English at Nottingham Trent University and he writes critical prose for various publications, most frequently The Times Literary Supplement.
He co-runs the poetry pamphlet publisher (and former literary...
Christopher DeWeese is the author of The Black Forest and The Father of the Arrow is the Thought, both published in the US by Octopus Books. His third book, The Confessions, was published by Plymouth University's Periplum Poetry imprint in 2017.
He is currently Associate Professor of Poetry at Wright State University, Ohio.
Tickets: £6 (standard), £4.20 (concessions), Peninsula Arts Friends free/ Free to Plymouth University students via SPIA
