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The Poetry School offers a programme of classes to teach adults to write poetry. From the ongoing commitment of a year-long course to a burst of inspiration from a one-day workshop, we offer poets of all levels the opportunity to improve their skills. We are open to everyone, regardless of qualifications or experience.
The Poetry School started life in 1997 in London and continues to flourish there. As we have grown, we have established teaching centres in Manchester, Liverpool, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Durham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Norwich and Cambridge as well as a growing range of online activities.
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Latest News
The Street with Annie Freud
We have one available space on this summer school workshop taking place on Thursday 16th July from 10.30am - 4.30pm at the Poetry School in London. Click here for more information and to book online. Alternatively, call the office at 0207 582 1679 to make a booking.
New Director
Ollie Dawson has joined the Poetry School as its new Director. Ollie joins us from Arts Council England, East where he worked in literature and visual arts. An avid reader of poetry and supporter of new writers, Ollie also brings with him experience in digital media, online learning and television production.
New downloadable course now available!
We are very proud to present a new downloadable course called 'Routes into Poetry' by Tamar Yoseloff. For more information and to download (£15), click here. Free online booking now available!
To make a booking, go to 'Courses and Workshops' and look for the activity you'd like to book. In order to book online, you have to register with us with your email address. Most activities are bookable online, in other cases please contact the office for more information. Tutoring Poetry Workshops - a course for advanced writers
In October 2009 we will be running an advanced course for published poets teaching you how to run your own poetry workshops. 19-24 October at the Arvon Foundation in Lumb Bank, W Yorks; led by Jean Sprackland and Greta Stoddart. For more details email programme@poetryschool.com
Ritsos 100 - a four-night, five-day late summer poetry pilgrimage to Greece with Graham Fawcett, includes special access to the spectacular rock-promontory village and house, overlooking the bay, where Yannis Ritsos was born in Monemvasia (S.E. Pelopponese) in 1909; and, in Athens, the house where George Seferis wrote for 30 years, the bookshop where poems by Paul Eluard shocked Odysseus Elytis into becoming a poet, and the Theatre of Dionysus.
24 -28 September 2009. Cost for teaching/guiding £250 per person. Flight, hotel and transport information will be available. For further information email administration@poetryschool.com
Poetry and Prose with John Hartey Williams
A partnership between the Poetry School and Old Olive Press, this residential course in Almassera Vella will look at both poetry and prose. This will be a week for the adventurous - with creative and startling prompts and exercises designed to stimulate and develop your writing. Visit www.oldolivepress.com for more information. |
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It’s been a privilege, a joy and an inspiration working with my Seminar groups, and I often wrote furiously all evening after our meetings because the poetry adrenalin was flowing! - Penelope Shuttle |
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