Beth reads at Off the Shelf Festival of Words

As part of Off the Shelf Festival of Words, Hive poet Beth Davies with be reading with Peter and Ann Sansom in celebration of the forty best poems of the last forty years, gathered from The North, the UK’s inspirational poetry magazine produced by Sheffield’s The Poetry Business.

The North’s first issue included work by two future Poet Laureates and over four decades it has continued to publish many wonderful writers. Ann and Peter Sansom from The Poetry Business and guests will read poems from this enriching anthology. They will be joined by Beth Davies, Sheffield’s own Poet Laureate, who will read from her prize-winning New Poets List pamphlet published by The Poetry Business. 24th Oct 2025 6pm more info here.

Beth, Sheffield’s current Poet Laureate, will read from her prize-winning New Poets List pamphlet published by The Poetry Business The Pretence of Understanding.