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You can attend this event in person. The venue is wheelchair accessible throughout.

Sunday, 12 October

Close Reading: Richard Scott

By Winchester Poetry Festival

Sit with Richard Scott as he discusses with you a poem which has inspired him. As part of Winchester Poetry Festival 2025.

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The Arc Winchester

Jewry Street Winchester SO23 8SB United Kingdom

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30 minutes
In person

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No Refunds

About this event

Arts • Literary Arts

Winchester Poetry Festival 2025

Close Reading: Richard Scott

Join poet Richard Scott as he performs a close reading of 'Flowers' by Arthur Rimbaud translated by Wyatt Mason - a poem which he has found inspirational to his personal poetic journey.

'Flowers', or 'Fleurs', is one of Rimbaud's achingly strange and crystalline Illuminations and is a useful gateway onto this legendary collection of proto-Surreal and queer prose poems.

Richard Scott is the author of Soho (Faber & Faber, 2018) and That Broke into Shining Crystals (Faber & Faber, 2025). He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Close readings are a firm favourite with the festival audience. These micro-lectures are free to attend and will take place in the ARC Space.

Suitable for: all

Duration: 0.5 hours

Format: in person micro-lecture

Access: wheelchair accessible throughout

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Winchester Poetry Festival

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