The grand event of this first iteration of the EPF, it was great to be back inside the inimitable St Johns on Bethnal Green presenting an event with 20 european poets sharing 10 new collaborations made in pairs. This event, happening while England beat Ukraine in the euros, so much so we could hear the screams from nearby pubs as the goals went in, turned out to be a celebration of european poets living in london and the UK, because travel restricted our international guests. This made it something else, an event about a community, as well as about a true range of what is possible in contemporary poetry. / All the videos and loads of pictures from the special night here https://www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/camarade21 (pics below by Madeleine Rose Elliott.
