Meet the Programmers
The decisions that go into creating a festival programme are many and varied: as a poet, how can you best work with programmers, and how can you put your best foot forward when approaching them to flag up your work? Join this discussion chaired by Peggy Hughes to hear from Push the Boat Out director Emma Collins, freelance festival programmer Lee Randall and Theresa Muñoz from Newcastle Poetry Festival and learn more about how they work, and what you might want to consider when approaching festivals.
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Sign up for a ten-minute 1:1 with some of the fantastic publishers attending our symposium day, including publishers and editors from Carcanet, Birlinn, Pamenar Press, Art Riot Press, Tapsalteerie and Stewed Rhubarb. Don’t miss this chance to get some individualised advice and guidance on the submission and publication process.
