Join us for a day of poetry in Haworth, inspired by Yorkshire people, places and landscape. We’ll hear from both established and new poets from across the region, as they share their work and creative processes. Look out for former Brontë Writers in Residence and gain insight from professionals in the world of poetry publishing.

We’re pleased to offer five free bursary places for this event. Please fill out an enquiry form by 11 September stating how you would benefit from attending this poetry day. Select - 'Poetry at the Parsonage bursary' - as the subject.

Please note, this ticket is only refundable if the event is cancelled, in which case we’ll contact you. We reserve the right to make changes to our programme. All information is correct at the time of booking. We kindly ask that you do not bring dogs or other pets to our in-person events unless stated otherwise (if you'd like to bring your service dog to an event, please let us know).

Schedule
10:00 – 10:15	Welcome and opening sharing from poet Noor Jhangir, one of Bradford 2025’s ‘Young Creatives’ on placement with the Brontë Parsonage Museum.
10:15 – 11:45	Hear from former Brontë Parsonage Writers-in-Residence: Ian Humphreys, Zaffar Kunial and Toria Garbutt
11:45 – 12:00	Break
12:00 – 13:00	Join us in conversation with poetry publisher Carcanet and two of their new poets, Christine Roseeta Walker and Rebecca Hurst.
13:00 – 14:00	Lunch (There are lots of cafés to choose from in Haworth, or you can bring own lunch and stay in the venue).
14:00 – 14:30	Jenny Mitchell - Poetry, Jane Eyre and Freeing the Enslaved Voice
14:30 – 15:30	Former Brontë Parsonage Writer-in-Residence, Patience Agbabi
15:30 – 16:00	West Yorkshire’s Young Poet Laureate and closing remarks

Carcanet Press started life in 1969. It has become a literary publisher with a world-class list of modern and classic poetry and related titles in English and translation. Based in Manchester, UK, Carcanet publishes three dozen titles a year, and six issues of the bi-monthly journal PN Review. In 2019, our 50th anniversary, they were named Northern Small Press of the Year in the British Book Awards. Writers we published who became Nobel laureates include Orhan Pamuk, Octavio Paz, José Saramago, Joseph Brodsky, Czeslaw Milosz and Louise Glück (Turkey, Mexico, Portugal, Russia, Poland and USA respectively).

Young Poet Laureate- In 2023 the National Literary Trust partnered with the Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin and National Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to inspire the next generation of young poets in West Yorkshire. We are joined by one of 2025’s young poet laureates.