THE Third International Poetry Festival organised by Peterloo Poets takes place at Calstock tomorrow and Saturday.
Organiser Harry Chambers has gathered together an impressive line-up of poets from the United Kingdom and abroad to appear at the Old Chapel with its splendid views over the Tamar.
'This is a very successful local event with lots of local support as well as people coming from as far away as London, Bristol and York,' said Harry.
Tomorrow there will be readings by Pamela Wilkie and Steven Blyth as well as a lecture on Weaving Words into the Air by BBC arts producer Julian May which tells the story of poetry on the radio from the first poem ever broadcast.
Pamela has travelled widely returning to Britain in 1986 since when she began writing in the bracing airs of Brighton and then Edinburgh.
Her first full collection Voyager was published by Peterloo Poets in 1997. A second collection In The Lexicogapher's Bedroom is currently due from Peterloo.
Stephen Blyth was born in 1968 in Bolton where he still lives.
He has won a number of poetry awards and has just published two collections The Gox (Redbeck Press) and Baddy (Peterloo Poets). A second Peterloo volume, So, is due this month.
On Saturday Anne Born and Derrek Hines will take to the platform.
Anne has published 12 poetry books. She is a skilled translator from Scandinavian languages.
Anne married Povl Born and lived in Denmark for six years. Now she divides her time between South Devon and Oxford, often returning to Denmark.
Derrek was born and raised in Southern Ontario and now lives on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall.
His next book 'Gilgamesh' is to be published by Chatto and Windus in January 2002.
The two day event is sponsored by Browns Hotel, Tavistock and other local businesses.
For more details about the festival call (01822) 833473.