A week-long international spoken word poetry festival, titled Words Express: The Spoken Word Jatra, is scheduled to take place in the country, starting September 17. The event is being organised jointly by Quixote’s Cove and Word Warriors.

The fest will feature poets from countries such as India (D’ Rochelle D’silva and Divya Dureja), Malaysia (Melizarani T Selva), Pakistan (Zainab Zahra Syed), Philippines (Zuela Herrera), Singapore (Deborah Emmanuel), United States (Sarah Kay), and poets from Word Warriors Nepal.

The fest will also host a series of discussions and performances that will take place in four regions across Nepal: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Chitwan and Pokhara.

The fest will kick off with a discussion, titled Poetry: Page vs Stage, at Kathmandu Guest House in Thamel; following that the featured poets will move to Jatra Cafe in Thamel for a public performance.

The fest will draw to a close with a discussion on Poetry in collaboration in Tourism Board Hall, in Pokhara, on September 22.