Blakefest

31/08/2026

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower 🌺

Blake wrote Auguries of innocence whilst living in Felpham. He saw the threat of the industrial age at its beginning. His response was to cherish nature and create: now more than ever we need Blake. Come and join us Blake's Salon.

First Thursday of the month.

This week we are delighted to announce that Jack Boyd multi-instrumentalist and poet to Blake’s Salon The Station Bognor on 3rd of September 2026

Big Blake

03/07/2026

GREAT POETRY AND JAZZ

CELEBRATING WILLIAM BLAKE AND THE SUSSEX DOWNS,

9 JULY 7pm
NOVIUM MUSEUM, CHICHESTER, PO19 1QH.

THANKS TO SUSSEX WORLD FOR SUPER PRESS ARTICLE! Read all about FULL CIRCLE: BLAKE, the BEATS & the DOWNS, with Sussex poets Mandy Pannett reading poems inspired by Sussex landmarks complemented by the South Downs Suite jazz from Full Circle Quartet, and Barry Smith reading Blake and the American Beat poets he inspired, set to jazzy/roots music by Chris Hardy on guitar and Charlotte Glasson on the saxophone. All overlooking the Roman ruins in the Novium! Chilled prosecco in the interval. ALL WELCOME TO A VERY SPECIAL EVENING.

Tickets https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/events/category/spoken-word/

https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/consumer/festival-of-chichester-offers-william-blake-celebration-8749887

An inspirational mix of words and music at Chichester’s Novium Museum will put the focus on one of Sussex’s most distinguished artistic figures, William Blake, who lived in Felpham for three years.

03/07/2026

An inspirational mix of words and music at Chichester’s Novium Museum will put the focus on one of Sussex’s most distinguished artistic figures, William Blake, who lived in Felpham for 3 years.
Tickets 🎫 https://festivalofchichester.co.uk/events/category/spoken-word/

An inspirational mix of words and music at Chichester’s Novium Museum will put the focus on one of Sussex’s most distinguished artistic figures, William Blake, who lived in Felpham for three years.

15/05/2026

Following a fantastic launch of Blake’s Salon we had yesterday with Naomi Foyle and Si Higgs come and join us and attendees from Rochdale to Bournmouth in felpham tomorrow.

It's a unique opportunity for ardent Blake fans to spend a full day taking a deep dive into Blake’s epic 100 plate poem Jerusalem with American Blake expert and theologian Susanne Sklar. As we look at today’s cycle of violence with few solutions in sight can Blake shine a light on the way forward ?

Almost sold out now, just 4 tickets left

Let's give voice to William Blake's great heroine, Jerusalem. You are invited to join in a distilled interactive reading of his masterpiece

14/05/2026

It is our delight to announce that award winning poet Dr Naomi Foyle will be launching Blake’s Salon tonight in Bognor Regis, Thursday 14 May !

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/21/poem-of-the-week-salt-snow-earth-by-naomi-foyle?CMP=share_btn_url

Naomi has written four
A triptych of elegies, Naomi Foyle’s fourth poetry collection contains tributes to departed family members, friends and writers; and pays homage to victims of political violence from the USA and Ukraine to Palestine and Israel.

If they haven’t done so already, some judging committee should shortlist [this collection] for a significant prize. Impressively varied and agile in form, international in scope, Salt & Snow is as emotionally rich as it is politically alert

Poem of the week: Salt, Snow, Earth https://www.naomifoyle.com/

The relentless cycle of human violence plays out as a brutal symbolic game