THE winners of this year's Ledbury Poetry Festival competition will read their poems and receive their prizes from festival poet-in-residence Jo Shapcott.

The prizegiving is at the Burgage Hall, Church Lane, Ledbury, on Thursday, October 9, at 8pm.

The Burgage Hall is also the venue for a celebration of the poet and composer Ivor Gurney on Saturday, October 18, from 11am to 4pm.

The event will be a joint venture between the festival and the Ivor Gurney Society. Further details are available on 0845 4581743.