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Talk - HULL - OUR CITY OF POETRY

Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, 15 Whitefriargate, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU1 2ER

  • 16 Sep 2025
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

In this talk, local poet, David Osgerby, describes Hull's links with a variety of well known poets.

. David Osgerby – The Poets of Hull
THE HISTORY OF POETRY IN HULL

Dave Osgerby, Poet in Residence at Hull Charterhouse, will host an informative, entertaining, and (hopefully) amusing talk about poetry in this, the most poetic City in England. Dave will be examining poetic connections with Shakespeare, Chaucer, Mason, Larkin, Hughes, and a host of others in a bid to establish his claim that there is nowhere more poetic than this, our Cultured City of Hull.
Image of Larkin??

Timings & Tours

Tuesday 16 September:
15.00

Location & directions

Wrecking Ball Arts Centre, 15 Whitefriargate, Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, HU1 2ER

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

There is no wheelchair access to the lecture room on the first floor.

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