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'Connections'

This year's festival will run 19 – 21 September at Stourpaine Village Hall. There will be readings, talks, discussion, book signings, music, an installation of concrete and visual poetry, refreshments and a Festival bookstall.

Find out more: tearsinthefence.com/2024-festival/
2025 FESTIVAL
Our annual festival will be on 19th – 21st September 2025 at the Stourpaine Village Hall, Stourpaine, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. There will be readings, talks, discussion, book signings, m…
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Making his way down to Dorset from the East Midlands, poet and small press publisher Alan Baker is another of our featured readers.
July 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Our very own editor Joanna Nissel is also on the line-up as a featured reader for this year's festival.
July 15, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Next up in our festival line-up is Claire Harnett-Mann, a Birmingham-based writer.
July 7, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The next poet we'd like to introduce from this year's festival line-up is Simon Collings.
June 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The countdown to this year’s festival begins.

The first poet we’d like to introduce is Aidan Semmens, who will deliver this year’s festival address.
June 17, 2025 at 10:09 AM
'Connections'

This year's festival will run 19 – 21 September at Stourpaine Village Hall. There will be readings, talks, discussion, book signings, music, an installation of concrete and visual poetry, refreshments and a Festival bookstall.

Find out more: tearsinthefence.com/2024-festival/
2025 FESTIVAL
Our annual festival will be on 19th – 21st September 2025 at the Stourpaine Village Hall, Stourpaine, near Blandford Forum, Dorset. There will be readings, talks, discussion, book signings, m…
tearsinthefence.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:07 PM