An all-star poetry and spoken word showcase celebrating Cheltenham Poetry Festival's competitions. Featuring Roy McFarlane, the winners of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival Single Poem Competition, Jerrold Yam, John Woodall, Derek Dohren, Lily Redwood! Judge of the Festivals 2024 Single Poem Competition and author of three Nine Arches collections, including The Healing Next Time (shortlisted for the Ted Hughes Award)Roy McFarlane performs internationally, sharing his passion for social justice, equality, identity love, and the healing power of poetry as a witness to our times. Roy announces the winners of our single poem competition, and the poems will be read by the winners and by Roy himself. Our first prize winner for the Single Poem Competition is acclaimed poetJerrold Yam. Jerrold is a Singaporean poet and lawyer whose poetry has been widely published and anthologised. He joins us this year to read his winning poem and a selection of his work. The Cheltenham Poetry Festival slam is one of the biggest and most exciting spoken word events in the UK the smoking hot slammers who smashed it last year (John Woodall, Derek Dohren,andLily Redwood) join us to perform more of their adrenaline-fuelled work. Sponsored by the Gloucestershire Poetry Society Please Note For schools and other group bookings, please email the Festival Box [email protected] for information on discounts.