Founded to celebrate the “grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century in Europe", this annual festival takes place in a number of locations; in 2019 events will be held in London, Norwich, Manchester, Middiesborough and Dublin, regardless of Brexit.

https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/

UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.

The poetry of Lithuanian poet Donaldas Kajokas will be presented to the public and read in Italian.

In occasione della Giornata dell'Indipendenza della Lituania, abbiamo il piacere di invitarvi alla serata di poesia del lituano Donaldas Kajokas.

Leggeremo, in italiano e lituano, le poesie tratte dal libro All'asinello sordo - Poesie di Donaldas Kajokas (Effigie, 2018), racconteremo della storia del popolo lituano e della sua letteratura, parleremo di... asinelli sordi e di neve.

Intervengono la traduttrice Jurga Po e l'attore e poeta Davide Ferrari. A seguire aperitivo.

Qui il booktrailer: https://youtu.be/z_Yd9Ce6BxE

Under the leadership of the european centre for creative economy (ecce) the Award for Innovations in Culture and Creativity in Europe (NICE) was initiated in 2013 at the UNESCO World Heritage Zeche Zollverein in Essen in collaboration with 15 cities, universities and institutions from 10 nations. It aims to promote innovations from the cultural and creative industries in Europe.

Out of 55 applications from 19 nations, the NICE Award jury has selected 8 projects, including "ePublisher" project, for the shortlist. 

More about the N.I.C.E. Award: www.e-c-c-e.de/en/nice-award.html

Druskininkai Poetic Fall festival is one of the most important literature events in Lithuania. It is an international poetry festival held every autumn in October since 1990. The festival begins in Vilnius with Presentation of Anthology and leaves to Druskininkai where all other Festival activities are held. The theme of the festival in 2018 will be "Poetry: the Sound and Fury“.

More: www.pdr.lt/en/

The 65th Stratford-upon-Avon Poetry Festival celebrates the best local and international talent. From open mics and hands-on workshops to performances from world renowned artists.

​More: www.shakespeare.org.uk/visit/whats-on/poetry-festival/

Meetings with authors, poems reading, discussions and debates – on 7-10 June Krakow, for the seventh time, will become the world capital of poetry. Miłosz Festival 2018 will be an opportunity to meet prominent Polish authors, such as Marek Krystian Emanuel Baczewski, Marzanna Bogumiła Kielar, Marcin Baran and Urszula Kozioł, as well as foreign guests, including Jane Hirshfield and Ron Padgett (USA), Eugenijus Ališanka (Lithuania), Katja Gorečan (Slovenia), Stepanova (Russia) and Olvido García Valdés (Spain). Artistic director of the festival is poet and literary critic Krzysztof Siwczyk.

'Poetry Spring' - an international poetry festival and the most outstanding yearly literature event in Lithuania organized by Lithuania Writers Union. At this festival poets from Lithuania and foreign countries read their verses, the festival also involves actors, singers, musicians and artists. The festival is being held every year since 1965. On the eve of the festival an almanac 'Poetry Spring' with new verses, poety translations and essays on literature is issued. 

UNESCO first adopted 21 March as World Poetry Day during its 30th General Conference in Paris in 1999, with the aim of supporting linguistic diversity through poetic expression and increasing the opportunity for endangered languages to be heard.

The International Poetry Festival in Lousada will take place on the 6-7th of June 2017.