Poetry by Heart – 27 Jan – Beaumont du Ventoux

On Sunday 27 January 2013 Kate is guest speaker at the Bell Library, Beaumont du Ventoux, 84340 DROME, France at 3pm.

She discusses contemporary poetry and whether new poems in English are suited to the practice of learning by heart, being revived in British secondary schools through ‘Poetry by Heart’ devised by the Poetry Archive.

See these Telegraph articles for more information:
Teenagers to recite Ozymandias off by heart in schools

When did you last learn poetry to recite by heart?