Hallgarth Reading Group
As part of the Get Into Reading project, James Freeley has set up Durham Readers Together. He writes to tell us about a new group of poetry judges.
In March 2008, our cooperation with the teen poetry group in the Clayport Library in Durham resulted in our initial Hallgarth Poetry Award. The entrants submitted their work for judging by, yes, senior residents of my Poetry Reading Group at Hallgarth Care Home.
They were meticulous in their criteria and a winner was declared. The presentation was in the Clayport Library on 16th April, followed by another event in Hallgarth Care Home.
The award was handed over by our oldest member, Edith Higgins from her wheelchair . The winner is 14 years old , Catriona Ryan who will have a shining future in poetry. Congratulations!
Share
Related Articles
April’s Title Pick for Children: The Very Noisy House by Sally Nicholls
‘SQUEEEAK’ goes the garden gate, ‘RING RING’, ‘KNOCK KNOCK’, ‘DING DONG’ at the door. Readers are invited to pay a…
April’s Title Pick for Adults: The Home-Maker by Dorothy Canfield Fisher
The Home-Maker is an American novel first published in 1924 and rediscovered and published in the UK by Persephone Books…
April’s Monthly Stories & Poems
For all our Monthly Poems and Stories packs for Reader Leaders in 2026, we’re following strands of feeling and ideas…
