July

• Wednesday 8th — Reading for Poet in the City

May

• Tuesday 12th — Talk and reading at the University of East Anglia

March

• Crime Fiction (words: David Harsent; music: Huw Watkins; production by Music Theatre Wales) opens at Weston Studio, Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff on Saturday March 28th (there will be a free pre-talk show). A subsequent performance will be given at Galeri Caenarfon on Friday, April 3rd.

June

• 'The Corridor' (words: David Harsent; music: Harrison Birtwistle) opens at Aldeburgh with performances on Friday 12th, Monday 15th, Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th.

July

• 'The Corridor' performed at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, South Bank Centre: Monday July 6th and Tuesday July 7th.

David Harsent will be a judge at the 2009 Forward Prize.

January

• Readings and workshops at the Poetry Festival in San Miguel Allende, Guanajuato, Mexico, and the Anglo-Mexican Foundation, Mexico City

February

• Thursday 14th — Reading at Exeter University
• Thursday 28th — Reading at Oxford University Poetry Society

March

• Tuesday 11th — Reading at St. Edward's College, Oxford
• Friday 14th — Reading at the Courtauld Institute

April

• Tuesday 15th — The Minotaur opens at the Royal Opera House
• Wednesday 23rd — Reading at the Cuirt Festival, Galway

November

• Saturday 8th — David Harsent is this year's judge for the Bridport Poetry Prize