A major one-day festival of Irish poetry, Poetry Day Ireland 2020 takes place on Thursday 30 April. Absolutely everyone is invited to join in and celebrate poetry’s very special place in Irish culture – traditional and new. The theme for 2020 is There will be time.

Time is universal in all of our lives. Whether we’re looking to the past, living in the ‘here and now’ or pondering what our future will look like.

Each poem is a time machine – travelling to the past or the present or the future, examining the way we were, are, and hope to be.

Almost 150 poetry-related events took place on Poetry Day Ireland last year, in libraries, bookshops, arts centres, schools, hotels, nightclubs, bars, cafes and street corners from Kerry to Derry. Everyone is invited to join in and celebrate and we welcome all events and activities, large or small!

Wondering where to begin? We'll be hosting an Information Session at the meeting room of Galway 2020 on Thursday 16 January at 6.30pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and learn more about planning an event for Poetry Day.

Events should be submitted by Sunday 2 February for inclusion in the print programme for Poetry Day Ireland, on social media and in press releases. Events submitted after this date will be listed on the website only.