The Sylvia Plath literary festival celebrates the life and work of one of the twentieth century’s most influential poets.  Taking place over the weekend of the 21st to 23rd of October in Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall in West Yorkshire, the festival will feature events led by and featuring contemporary poets.  In this podcast we hear from some of the poets appearing at the festival with their thoughts on Plath and readings of their poems.   Thank you for listening to this edition of the Alternative Stories and Fake Realities Podcast  You can find out about each of the poets featured in this podcast via the following links Polly Atkin. https://pollyatkin.com/ Jessica Mookherjee https://thejessicapoet.com/ Daniel Fraser https://danieljamesfraser.wordpress.com/ Michael Crowley http://michaelcrowley.co.uk/ Maureen Boyle https://twitter.com/BoyleMo  Find out more about the Sylvia Plath Literary Festival, order the After Sylvia anthology and book tickets for in-person and online events visit the festival’s website here  https://plathfest.co.uk/ Follow the festival on social media https://twitter.com/PlathFest https://www.instagram.com/plathfest/  You can hear more from Polly Atkin by listening to her interview on the new Alternative Stories produced Seren Poetry Podcast.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/2035359  And hear from Plathfest director Sarah Corbett in an extended interview in this podcast  https://www.buzzsprout.com/411730/11406109  This podcast has been presented by Chris Gregory and Tiffany Clare.  Each of the contributors recorded their own poems for this programme.  Production, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory   Follow Alternative Stories on social media  https://twitter.com/StoriesAlt https://www.instagram.com/stories.alt/  and contact us by email at [email protected]    Support the show