About the artists

James Knight is a poet, artist, performer and publisher based in the UK. Publications include Cosmic Horror (Hem Press), Rites & Passages (Salò Press), Machine (Trickhouse Press) and Void Voices(Hesterglock Press).

Endre Ruset is a poet, radio host and literary critic based in Molde, Norway. Books of poetry: Ribbeinas vingespenn, Gyldendal publishing (2001), Kims lek, Gyldendal publishing (2005), Prosjektil, k.ø.s publishing (2012), Elsket og savnet, Kolon publishing (2014), Det, translation of Inger Christensen Pax publisher. (2017), Noriaki, Flamme publishing (2017). Awarded the Bjørnson Scholarship (2005), The Bookkeeper Scholarship (2015). Nominated for the Bastian Award (for best translation of fiction) 2017.

About the European Poetry Festival

The European Poetry Festival is the biggest consistent celebration of continental poetry in the UK. UK. For seven years as a festival, and a decade as an event series, over 1000 European poets have performed new collaborations across the British Isles. The festival celebrates, in the UK and beyond, the grand resurgence in avant-garde and literary poetry that has marked the 21st century across Europe and it aims to not only innovate what a live poetry experience might be, but to inculcate community and engagement between poets across the continent, as well as between new audiences and complex poetries.The seventh festival took place in the summer of 2024.

More information: www.europeanpoetryfestival.com