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    THE GRIFFIN TRUST
    For Excellence In Poetry

    Speeches

    The following are interesting and provocative addresses and speeches given to mark Griffin Poetry Prize events and milestones.


    May 19, 2010
    Poet Glyn Maxwell To Open the 2010 Awards Ceremony

    September 12, 2009
    Why Poetry?
    Don McKay, 2007 Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize Winner, Speaks at the The Reykjavik International Literary Festival

    Why Poetry?
    The Poetry of Witness
    Carolyn Forché, Griffin Trustee, Speaks at the The Reykjavik International Literary Festival

    June 1, 2009
    Literary Critic and Novelist James Wood Opens the 2009 Awards Ceremony

    June 4, 2008
    Paul Farley, 2007 International Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlisted Poet, Opens the 2008 Awards Ceremony

    June 6, 2007
    Matthew Rohrer, 2005 International Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlisted Poet, Opens the 2007 Awards Ceremony

    June 1, 2006
    Simon Armitage, 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize Judge, Opens the 2006 Awards Ceremony

    June 2, 2005
    August Kleinzahler, 2004 International Griffin Poetry Prize Winner, Opens the 2005 Awards Ceremony

    September 6, 2000
    Trustee David Young Introduces Scott Griffin, Founder of the Griffin Trust For Excellence In Poetry

    Scott Griffin Launches the Griffin Poetry Prize

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