This section offers interesting and provocative addresses and speeches given to mark Griffin Poetry Prize events and milestones. The following are the notable speakers who graced those events:
- Simon Armitage
- Pura López Colomé
- Paul Farley
- Carolyn Forché
- August Kleinzahler (2014)
- August Kleinzahler (2005)
- Glyn Maxwell
- Don McKay
- Matthew Rohrer
- James Wood
In addition, take a look at the Launch of the Griffin Poetry Prize for speeches from founder Scott Griffin and founding trustee David Young marking the occasion of the inception of the prize.
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