Ledbury Poetry Festival: Poetry and Writing Day Retreats

Led by Maitreyabandhu

We will be hosting two day retreats as part of the [link url=http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk]Ledbury Poetry Festival 2016[/link], led by Maitreyabandhu. Bookings are now open via the [link url=http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk]Ledbury Poetry Festival[/link].




Poetry and Body/Poetry and Breath : 6th/7th July

[link url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OjNV47TdGE&feature=youtu.be] Click Here[/link] to see a video introduction from Maitreyabandhu.

Writing becomes poetry when something more is uncovered beyond habitual, everyday consciousness. Meditation and mindfulness help us step out of our noisy head into raw, direct experience enabling us to experience that more. We need to leave behind what we think we know so that imagination can take us into the not-yet-known.

On these two, day-long retreats we will be combine meditation with poetry and writing. The retreats will build on each other, although you can book for either day separately. The mornings will focus on meditation while the afternoon will open out from meditation into writing with the help of Fiona Sampson and Matthew Sweeney.

Fiona Sampson will be leading a poetry workshop as part of the day on 6th July. In the evening she’ll be the guest of PoetryEast discussing her new collection, The Catch (Chatto).

Matthew Sweeney will be leading a poetry workshop on 7th July. In the evening he’ll be the guest of PoetryEast discussing his new collection, Inquisition Lane (Bloodaxe).

Led by Buddhist poet, Maitreyabandhu. Maitreyabandhu has published two collections with Bloodaxe, ‘The Crumb Road’, and ‘Yarn’. He has been an ordained Buddhist for 26 years. ‘The Crumb Road’ is a PBS Recommendation.

The retreats will include a vegetarian lunch. No interest in Buddhism is assumed or expected.


Booking: Booking essential. Please arrive at 9.30am to register. A limited amount of accommodation is available at Adhisthana for those who’d like to stay for both days, or you can arrange alternative accommodation in a local B&B. Please book via the [link url=http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk]Ledbury Poetry Festival 2016[/link]. Residential accommodation at Adhisthana can be booked separately by emailing admin@adhisthana.org.

Price: £56 for one day or £92 for both days (price does not include the PoetryEast evening events, or overnight accommodation).

Single Room at Adhisthana: £50/night
Shared Room at Adhisthana: £25/night



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[link url=http://www.poetryeast.net]PoetryEast[/link]

Wednesday 6th July, [link url=http://www.poetryeast.net]PoetryEast[/link]: Maitreyabandhu in conversation with Fiona Sampson. Fiona Sampson has published twenty books of poetry and criticism. She won the Newdigate Prize, and been shortlisted for both the Forward and T.S. Eliot Prize. She was the editor of Poetry Review for seven years and is currently editor of Poem. ‘A major poet’ – Tim Liardet in PN Review. Fiona will be in conversation with Maitreyabandhu and launching her new collection The Catch (Chatto). £9

Thursday 7th July, [link url=http://www.poetryeast.net]PoetryEast[/link]: Maitreyabandhu in conversation with Matthew Sweeney. Matthew Sweeney has been shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and for the Irish Times Poetry Now Award. His collection Horse Music won the inaugural Pigott Poetry Prize in association with Listowel Writers’ Week, and is a PBS Recommendation. ‘Matthew Sweeney is a force for good in British poetry’ – Ruth Padel. Michael will be in conversation with Maitreyabandhu and will read from his new collection Inquisition Lane. £9




Bookings are now open via the [link url=http://www.poetry-festival.co.uk]Ledbury Poetry Festival[/link].

For: all levels of experience

Start date: 6th Jul 2016
End date: 7th Jul 2016
Event Type: Residential

No deposit

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Bookings are closed for this Event.