David Harsent has recently given readings at:
- The Seamus Heaney Centre, Queen's University, Belfast
- Cambridge Wordfest
- Chichester Festival
- The Bloomsbury Hotel
- The South Bank Centre
- Waterstone's Bookshop
- The Water Poet Pub
- The Print Room Theatre
- Toppings Bookshop
- Lerwick: Wordfest
- Dun Loaghair: Mountains to Sea
- The Discovery Centre, Winchester
2015
February
- Wednesday 25th, 7pm – Panel discussion on translation at the L.S.E. Literary Festival
March
- Friday 6th, 7pm – Reading at Bristol Harbourside Festival - Bristol Harbourside
- Tuesday 10th – Reading at Trinity College, Cambridge
- Wednesday 11th – Poet in the City Fundraiser with Harrison Birtwistle (invitation only)
- Thursday 19th, 7pm – Reading at King's College, London
- Saturday 21st – Teaching at the Poetry School, Lambeth Walk, London
May
- Tuesday 26th, 7pm – Reading at Wandsworth Heritage Festival
- Friday 29th – Reading at the Bodmin Festival
June
- Friday 12th – Opening Night of The Corridor & The Cure (with Harrison Birtwistle) – Aldeburgh Festival. (World Premiere of The Cure.)
- Thursday 18th – The Corridor and The Cure open in London at the Royal Opera House
- Saturday 20th – Reading at the Bridlington Festival
July
- Monday 6th – In the Locked Room (with Huw Watkins), Hamburg State Opera
2014
February
- Wednesday 12th – Appearance at the Cork Festival
- Thursday 20th – Interview on Resonance Radio
- Monday 24th – Masterclass, “Song Lyrics – Do it your way” – Room QB248, Southlands College, University of Roehampton. Online booking required.
March
- 16th - 22nd – Teaching Words and Music course at Snape Maltings
- Thursday 27th – Reading at the Cabinet Office
April/May
- April 28th - May 3rd – Teaching, Arvon Poetry Course
- Saturday, May 10th – Reading/workshop, Poetry Next the Sea Festival
- Friday, May 16th – Performance of Gawain, The Barbican
- Sunday, May 18th – Performance of Songs from the Same Earth, the Wigmore Hall
July
- Friday 4th – Reading for the Cold Weather Shelter
- 8th - 12th – Poetry reading & lecture, the Robert Graves Conference on Deia
August
- Tuesday 19th – Reading at the Edinburgh Festival
- Wednesday 20th – Talk on African Painted Dogs (with poems) at London Zoo
- Tuesday 26th – Reading at Barnes Bookshop
September
- Saturday 6th – Reading with Toby Martinez de las Rivas - Rugby Tavern, WC1N 3ES
- Friday 26th – Reading in Athens
- Saturday 27th – City walk in Athens - poetry & reflections on Yannis Ritsos
- Monday 29th – Reading at Topping's Bookshop, Bath
October
- Sunday 5th – Reading at London Zoo (with others)
- Monday 6th – Reading at Cheltenham Festival
- Friday 10th – Reading at launch of the 'Next Review' - LRB Bookshop
- Sunday 12th – Workshop and reading - Wimbledon Festival
- Saturday 18th – Reading at the Isle of Wight Festival
November
- Thursday 13th – Reading at the Masonic Archive, Great Queen Street
- Monday 24th – Reading for Poet in the City - British Library
December
- Thursday 4th – Reading at the ‘Print Room at the Coronet’, Notting Hill, London