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Humber Mouth is a literary festival in Hull, England, that started in 1992. The festival has included writer- and reader-in-residence programmes, installed writing artworks in the Queen's Gardens and commissioned a poem to celebrate the city street Whitefriargate.

History

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The Humber Mouth literary festival was founded in 1992. It takes places in Hull, and is held annually, organised by the Hull City Council. In 2005 the director of the festival was Maggie Hannan.[1] More recently the artistic director is Shane Rhodes.[2] The festival was replaced by other events in 2020 and 2021, including a digital writer-in-residence, during which Joanna Walsh constructed a Hull Story Map. Walsh also wrote text to be installed on four sides of a new substation in Queen's Gardens in Hull.[3] A reader-in-residence online programme was curated and hosted by Jennifer Hodgson.[4] The programme included a poetry workshop with Holly Pester.[5]

The festival partnered with Hull’s High Street Heritage Action Zone (HSHAZ) and Wrecking Ball Press to commission a poem from Vicky Foster, Whitefriargate's poet in residence for 2021.[6] The poem was stencilled along Whitefriargate on 7 October to celebrate National Poetry Day, and two short films of Foster reading the poem, and talking about the poem, were released.[7][6] In 2021 the festival also partnered with BBC Radio Humberside to commission writing about sporting icon Clive Sullivan from Rosalyn Sullivan and Dave Windass, as well as work from Cassandra Parkin, Jodie Russian-Red and Matt Nicholson.[8]

The 2006 festival included an appearance by Australian writer Germaine Greer.[9]

References

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  1. ^ "The Humber Mouth 6th - 16th November 2003 People Maggie Hannan". 12 March 2005. Archived from the original on 12 March 2005. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Humber Mouth Literature Festival". James Reckitt Library. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  3. ^ Hall, Deborah (1 March 2021). "Writer's prose to be permanent feature in Hull's Queens Gardens". Hull Live. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Humber Mouth Hull Literature Festival". Hull City Council. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  5. ^ "HUMBER MOUTH LITERATURE FESTIVAL: Holly Pester". Visit Hull. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b Berriman, Mike (5 October 2021). "National Poetry Day 2021: A poem for Whitefriargate". Hull CC News. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Humber Mouth |". 7 October 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  8. ^ Berriman, Mike (7 April 2021). "Hull's writing stars to feature on BBC with Humber Mouth". Hull CC News. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
  9. ^ Haswell, Jane (9 May 2013). "Review: Germaine Greer at The City Varieties". South Leeds Life. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
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