Winchester Poetry Festival 2025
Welcome to Winchester Poetry Festival 2025
Meet and mingle at our venue for the weekend. We kick off proceedings with this free event to put you in the mood for our jam-packed programme, with live music and poetry from prominent baul performer Papia Ghoshal, and classical and contemporary dance from Abanti Chakrabarty Mukhopadhyay.
Papia Ghoshal is a poet, actor, baul performer, fine artist, University lecturer and documentary film maker. She is the editor-in-chief of a 200 year old English Heritage literary magazine and the author of twelve books. Known for her unique style, powerful imageries and boldness, Papia Ghoshal's poems are inspired by the philosophy and the practice of the baul saints of India. Baul sadhana is a part of the Tantric spiritual practices of ancient India where the practitioner writes lyrics, composes songs, and dances while singing with ancient instruments. At this event Papia will perform her new poems and introduce her new book: Baul Tantrics
Abanti Chakrabarty Mukhopadhyay is trained in classical and contemporary dance. She is currently working on a PhD in maths education. She is also a radio presenter of popular Bengali show Chayer Adda on Unity 101 FM. She is an avid reader of world literature.
Suitable for: all
Duration: 1 hour
Format: in person event, poetry, music and dance
Access: relaxed performance
