​Forthcoming Events
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September 2021 - READINGS AND BOOK LAUNCHES

To celebrate coming out of lockdown we are having our first public reading by Settle Sessions poets at the Friends Meeting House here in Settle, at 7.30pm on 17th September. This will celebrate a triple launch: new full-length collections from Jean Stevens and Ann Pilling and a pamphlet of poems by members entitled Pages of our Days, to which they have also contributed.
Because of covid restrictions numbers are limited fro the event. Entry will be by ticket only, though these are free and can be picked up in person from Limestone Books, Market Place, Settle.
                        JOHN KILLICK

Previous Events
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Laugh Lines: a celebration of humour in poetry
Friday, 24th April, Settle Victoria Hall
Helena Nelson and Settle Sessions Chair John Killick  preside over a discussion and illustration of the great variety of laughter-inducing forms (including dialect) that exist. Helena hails from Fife, where she writes, and runs a very influential small press – HappenStance – well known to the tribes of poets keen to place their work.
 
                Who, or why, or which, or what, is the Akond of Swat?
Edward Lear knew, but if you want to find out you will have to come to the event on Friday, 24th April. Can you complete a limerick beginning:
                There was an old lady of Settle….
In such a way that you can make the Committee laugh? If so, there is a good chance it will be read out on the evening. Please email your effort to us via our Contact page.
For details of tickets comeback soon or keep an eye on our Facebook Page.

Settle Sessions Chair, John Killick

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Helena Nelson

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TWO POETS FROM CUMBRIA
Friday, 15th November 2019
​7.30 pm                            
Friends Meeting House, Kirkgate, Settle. BD24 9DX

Kerry Darbishire
Kerry won our 2018 Poetry Competition. Her first publication is A Lift of Wings.
 
Geraldine Green
Geraldine's most recent publication is Passing Through.

Tickets £5 
 

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