Team CPF Takeover - Chris Hemingway, Peter Lay, Tess Biddington, Roger West.,

Schedule

Thu, 16 Apr, 2026 at 04:00 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Friends Meeting House, Cheltenham | Cheltenham, EN

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The Festival tribe ( volunteers, patrons, audience) includes some auspicious and widely published poets. In this showcase, we feature some of the poetry heroes who are behind the Cheltenham Poetry Festival and help to make it such a success.
Featuring Chris Hemingway, Peter Lay, Tess Biddington, Roger West, Anna Saunders and Zoe Brooks
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