Poetry at Shaldon Zoo : Our final event!
May Saturday 30th 2026 at 2pm
Event is free with standard entrance ticket ww.shaldonwildlifetrust.org.uk/visit-us Ness Dr, Shaldon, Teignmouth TQ14 0HP
Featuring performances of new poems by SJ Fowler, Chrissy Williams and visiting from Norway, Thor Magnus Tangerås and Bård Torgersen
To close out this chapter of what has been a remarkable poet-in-residence program, a special afternoon walking-tour event will feature poets from across Devon and the UK as well as two of the most brilliant contemporary Norwegian writers, visiting for this event. Brand new poems, each dedicated to an animal in Shaldon Wildlife Trust will be read to those very animals (and the human audience). This will be a grand hour of interesting writers and performers celebrating one of the UK’s most charming zoos. Led by Zoo director Zak Showell, who will introduce each animal before their poem is read, please join us on May Saturday 30th at 2pm.