Chesham Literary Festival – Poetry Competition 2023

<p>Jon Bickley hosts the first in a series of podcasts from the Chesham Literary Festival. In this edition Ben Batten – poet and cometition judge talks about the festival and reads some of his own poems. We then have poets reading their commended poems in the three categories – Under 11s, Chesham residents and the rest of the world. The podcast ends with Jon's conversation with the writer of the winning poem Valerie Jack.</p> <p><a href="https://invisiblefolk.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">invisiblefolk.com</a><br /> <a href="https://jonbickley.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">jonbickley.com</a><br /> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100089879193197" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jon Bickley on Facebook</a></p> <p>Follow the festival's Facebook page to keep up to date with future events.</p>