Four poets to spark ideas on journeys, new beginnings, identity and belonging
In response to the 400-year anniversary of the Mayflower sailing from the UK, ArtfulScribe, the Southampton-based writer development agency, in partnership with Winchester poetry festival, is offering a weekend of free poetry workshops led by poets who have made their homes in England from countries including Hungary, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Poland. George Szirtes, Theresa Lola, Romalyn Ante...
10th November 2020
Still need to write more Covid poems? Here are some poetry videos that may help to inspire you
Write Out Loud’s poetry competition may have finished, but there is still plenty of scope for writing Covid-19 poems. In South Yorkshire they have been running Hear My Voice 2020, a competition open to everyone in Barnsley, which is designed to create a poetic record of the impact of the Covid crisi...
9th September 2020
Stand up and spit it out: chance to have your say on ranting poetry nights
Poets will be reviving the spirit of ranting poetry in a three-night tour that takes in Barton-in-Humber, Leeds, and Barnsley this month. Stand up and Spit’s ‘Northern Accent’ tour will feature Kate F...
11th April 2017
Writing project to celebrate Batley and Dewsbury - with linkup to Tunisia
Two creative writing and poetry workshops that will celebrate Batley and Dewsbury, past and present, and link up with a similar initiative in Tunisia will be taking place at Batley library later this ...
11th February 2016
George Szirtes and Helen Mort to lead Writers' Centre masterclasses
George Szirtes and Helen Mort will be leading new workshops for poets run by Writers’ Centre Norwich early in the new year. A Masterclass series (£240/£200 for three workshops) for advanced poets incl...
5th January 2014
