GRAHAM'S BLOG

Dear Poetry Friends 23 SEPTEMBER 2020 – THE NEW ONLINE LECTUREBOOKING OPEN NOW Born as he was in 1572, John Donne was an Elizabethan, but as far as poetic fashion and convention went, young Donne from the word ‘go’ busied … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends 20 AUGUST 2020 – THE NEW ONLINE TALKBOOKING OPEN NOW “With my pencil and memorandum book in my hand, I was making studies, as the artists call them, and often moulding my thoughts into verse, with the … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends D H LAWRENCE, POETBOOKING OPEN NOW On July 22 we are releasing the latest lecture I have recorded, on D H Lawrence, Poet. More about Lawrence, his poetry, and how to book this recording is available on … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends    END OF JUNE 2020 LECTURE WALT WHITMANBOOKING OPEN NOWRECORDING RELEASED 25 JUNE Walt Whitman is my next recorded lecture. I have written about Whitman on the Event page at https://grahamfawcett.co.uk/event/walt-whitman where you can also book.    There are … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends MAY Wordsworth Night is my next recorded lecture. It is being released on Thursday May 28th. Booking is open now. You can find more about Wordsworth and how to book at https://grahamfawcett.co.uk/events/williamwordsworth Click on the link above, … Read More

End of April into May 2020 Newsletter Dear Poetry Friends   EDWARD THOMAS NIGHT COMING UP ON WEDNESDAY 29 APRIL On Wednesday 29 April, I am replacing my scheduled Sutton House Neruda Night (as Sutton House is closed until the … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends As we are discovering, virtual company is indispensable. Here’s how it may be able to help us out in April. SUTTON HOUSE 2020 SERIES IN LONDON – OPENED UP TO EVERYWHERE The National Trust has asked all … Read More

Graham’s talks go online, starting with 30 March at 7pm. Details below and at Scheduled Events. Dear Poetry Friends Donne, Keats, and a new way to be in an audience That old quotation-friend of ours, ‘No Man is an Island’, … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends Graham’s 75th year, just begun, features a whole range of events already planned over the coming months.  See my website’s Scheduled Events for all the details. MARCHMonday 30th – Poetry Is Communication, The Hop Blossom, Farnham, Surrey 7pmAPRILThursday 23rd – Anna Akhmatova (World … Read More

Dear Poetry Friends My 2020 series of poetry nights launches with a new event, Poetry Is Communication, in London on Monday 3rd February at 7pm at the Horse Hospital in Bloomsbury, a hundred yards from the north-east corner of Russell … Read More