'The beauty of imperfection': a look at Japanese poetic forms
Things Japanese is a six-week Writing School evening course with Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana on Japanese culture and poetical forms. The course will introduce forms such as the haibun, tanka, zuihitsu and senryu, and seek to demonstrate what kind of pieces of writing these might be a good fit for. It will also consider Japanese cultural concepts such as wa, (和) (harmony) and wabi sabi (侘寂), loosely...
24th April 2024
Home and away: poet's writing course on aspects of 'abroad'
Poet Alexandra Corrin-Tachibana, who last year published a debut collecton that centred on her 10 years in Japan, is running a series of online writing workshops on Wednesday mornings online, beginning on 27 September. Writing Home from Abroad will consider not only writing about being abroad but al...
28th August 2023
Learning to write better poetry - and having a drink - with Carol Ann Duffy
Since graduating with a BA in literature in 2008, it has been my dream to complete an MA in creative writing; specifically, poetry. I knew I needed to mature as a writer, and that happened to coincid...
30th October 2017
Mind the gap: Sarah Howe's weekend poetry course on what's left unspoken
TS Eliot prize winner Sarah Howe will be running a residential weekend course next month aimed at helping poets to think about poetry as “an art of gaps and implication, where what’s left unspoken is ...
14th May 2017
John Hegley, Kate Fox and Ian McMillan lined up for writing retreat in Dales
A new writing retreat in the Yorkshire Dales is offering courses by John Hegley, Kate Fox, Ian McMillan, Fleur Adcock, Jane Draycott, Kim Moore, and a number of other poets and writers. From Easter Ga...
16th February 2017
Weekend of poetry workshops with added Dutch flavour at Grange-over-Sands
Dutch poet Tsead Bruinja will be joining three British poets at a weekend of poetry workshops at Grange-over-Sands on Morecambe bay in Cumbria in August. The Poetry Carousel, organised by Kim Moore, w...
30th May 2016
Arvon course programme announced
Arvon has published its programme for 2016, with 17 poetry courses including titles ranging from the prosaic starting to write poetry to the intriguing poetry as controlled explosion.
The tutorial ...
22nd January 2016
Poetry School launches spring courses
The Poetry School will be launching its spring programme of courses and workshops with a reading at the Tea House theatre in Vauxhall Walk, London, on Thursday 14 January from 6.30pm. Those reading wi...
5th January 2016
Poetry School's half-price course offer to young poets
The Poetry School is running a course this autumn aimed at helping young poets make the Eric Gregory awards shortlist or enter a first pamphlet competition – and it’s half-price for those aged under ...
3rd September 2015
Poetry School links up with Newcastle University to launch MA in poetry writing
The Poetry School has announced its new MA degree in writing poetry, in collaboration with Newcastle University. Starting September 2015, the two-year, part-time course will be based in alternative ce...
28th March 2015
Writing workshops for youngsters in Calderdale with Gaia Holmes at Phoenix FM
If you’re a young person (aged 14+) in Calderdale who likes writing, why not join Gaia Holmes for a series of free workshops at Halifax-based community radio station Phoenix FM? The workshops will pla...
23rd March 2015
Wish you were here? Mini-break or world cruise? Here comes summer at the Poetry School
The Poetry School is running a five-day summer school in London later this month, from 21-25 July. All workshops and sessions on A True Account of Talking to the Sun, a quote borrowed from American po...
13th July 2014
A taste of Ruskin College's writing for performance course with tutor John Retallack
There’s a chance to attend a two-hour taster of Ruskin’s College’s two-year writing for performance course on Saturday 5 July, at the Oxford college. The course tutor is John Retallack, pictured. The ...
1st July 2014
Still time to join a summer solstice poetry weekend overlooking Coniston
There are places still available on a weekend Summer Solstice poetry course from 20-22 June at Brantwood, the former home of John Ruskin, overlooking Coniston water in Cumbria. Tutors are Geraldine Gr...
5th June 2014
Urban verse: how to write about London and other big cities
A workshop on writing poems about London and other urban subjects is being offered by South Bank Poetry magazine on Saturday 16 November from 10.30am to 4.30pm in the Poetry Studio, at 22 Betterton...
29th October 2013
Moments of joy, and links with art and song at Poetry School
How to celebrate real-life moments of joy without sentimentality or cliché; poetry and contemporary art; and the connections between poetry and song are just three of the many courses on offer at t...
7th September 2013
Chance to join a weekend masterclass with Helen Mort
Manchester’s Blank Media Collective is asking emerging poets to consider submitting for a weekend masterclass with leading young poet Helen Mort. The deadline for submissions is 1 March. Blank Medi...
27th February 2013
Your poem's boring? Here's how to fix it
O No, My Poem’s Boring! is just one of the courses on offer at the Poetry School, which has launched its spring 2013 courses and workshops throughout the country and online. The course on how to re...
30th January 2013
Putting together a poetry collection: Arvon's Winter Warmer course
There are places available on what Arvon is billing as one of its Winter Warmer courses, in January next year. Caroline Bird and Ian Duhig are tutors on Poetry: Putting together a collection, from ...
24th November 2012
Patience Agbabi to mentor three Arvon poets
Patience Agbabi will be mentoring three poets in the Jerwood/Arvon mentoring scheme, open for applications from UK writers who attended an Arvon course in 2012. The scheme is designed for those int...
3rd November 2012
Poetry School's autumn courses start next week
Many of the Poetry School’s autumn term courses and workshops start next week, so you’ll have to get in quick if there's something you've got your eye on.
You can find all the courses and works...
13th September 2012
Gaia Holmes on writing modern poetry
Poet Gaia Holmes is running a modern poetry writing workshop at the Omniversity of Manchester, MadLab, 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, on Monday evenings from 10 September 2012 to 11 February 2013.
...3rd September 2012
Lighten up: top poets on hand to help inject humour
Is your performance poetry more performance than poetry? Does your writing need some love and attention? A five-day Arvon comedy in poetry course, with celebrated poets and entertainers Kate Fox an...
9th July 2012
After adoption: write about your experiences
Adoptee and poet Anwen Lewis is offering a course of five evening workshops to adopted adults in the north-west who would like to explore and express their experience in creative writing. Workshops...
22nd May 2012
Arvon launches 2012 poetry courses
Arvon has launched its 2012 programme of residential writing courses with a wealth of poetry tuition on offer. Five-day courses at its rural writing centres in Devon, Shropshire, Yorkshire and Inve...
1st March 2012
Book now for a Poetry School course
Booking for the new term at the Poetry School opened this week. There are poetry courses, workshops and tutorials in London, Manchester, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Durham, Oxford, Birmingham, Bri...
20th February 2012
Places available on Arran poetry week
If you’re quick, there are 12 extra places available on the Arran Poetry Adventure, a week-long residential poetry/workshop event on the island of Arran in August. Organised by experienced publishe...
13th February 2012
The knowledge: top tips on the art of performing poetry
A 10-session, weekly course exploring the skills, knowledge and techniques of performance poetry starts on Monday 13 February at Torquay's Blue Walnut café in Walnut Road from 7.30pm to 10pm. Theme...
31st January 2012
Get into jail, free: workshops for performance poets
Poetry organisation Apples and Snakes is running two masterclasses in the north-west for poets interested in working in prisons. Breaking In, the beginners’ session, is led by Segun Lee-French, and...
15th November 2011
Open-mic course near half-price - cancellation
We have had two last-minute cancellations so can offer two half-price places for the open-mic poetry course, from 14-19 November, at £195. replies by Wednesday evening latest. First come, first ser...
10th November 2011
Like to write poetry at Ted Hughes' house? - last chance for a place
There are just a handful of places left on this unique Monday to Saturday Arvon Foundation course in the idyllic surroundings of Lumb Bank, once home to Ted Hughes, and in the village of Heptonsta...
5th October 2011
All that jazz - and Julian, too
There’s a chance to sign up for writing workshops with Write Out Loud’s Julian Jordon on Monday evenings at Marsden library, Huddersfield in early autumn - and then maybe try your hand at Write Out...
14th September 2011
Meet top tutors at Faber's autumn courses open day
There will be a chance to meet tutors like Jo Shapcott, Tim Lott, Esther Freud, Marcel Theroux, and Daljit Nagra when Faber Academy launch their autumn courses at an open day at the Faber offices i...
30th June 2011
