Poetry in Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews… Ruth Padel
"A work which tries to be ‘political’ often fails to work as art. You have to make the poem as good as you can as a poem, as art, rather than bang on with its message."
What people have said about our past festivals and Poet interviews
2020
Christian Wethered reviews PERCEPTION as part of 2020 themes of Place, Perception and Play
This was my first Poetry in Aldeburgh, and though most of us weren’t actually there, it never seemed to matter, the festival being conveyed seamlessly on Zoom
Rachel Donati reviews PLAY as part of 2020 themes of Place, Perception and Play
2019
Maria Isakova-Bennett and family on their experiences of Poetry in Aldeburgh 2019
Sarah Doyle gives her account of her first Poetry in Aldeburgh in 2019
I’ve long wanted to attend the poetry festival that takes place in Aldeburgh each year..
2018
2018 Festival review by Kostya Tsolákis
2018 Festival review by Danne Jobin
2016-17 Interviews
Ben Rogers, Poet-in-Residence at Poetry in Aldeburgh Festival
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Paul Stephenson
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Rebecca Watts
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Chrissy Williams
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Ian Duhig
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Blake Morrison
Poetry in Aldeburgh Countdown – An Interview with Tamar Yoseloff
More from 2016
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Dan Burt
Poetry in Aldeburgh Residency: Ben Rogers talks with Holly Corfield Carr
Poetry in Aldeburgh residency: Ben Rogers interviews… Julia Bird
Poetry in Aldeburgh Residency: Ben Rogers interviews… Jacqueline Saphra
Poetry In Aldeburgh: Ben Rogers interviews Geraldine Clarkson