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Antony Dunn Seminars – Summer Sessions 2025

£150.00 *

Tutor: Antony Dunn

Antony Dunn Seminars – Summer Sessions 2025

Extra Summer sessions of Antony Dunn's intimate monthly seminars.

Start Date: June 3, 2025 6.15pm
End Date: September 11, 2025 ( 101 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£20.00 *

Tutor: Nick Murray

Poetry School Play: Adventure

Playful prompts, poetry games, pure fun. Join our next monthly play time session!

Start Date: June 30, 2025 7–8pm
End Date: June 30, 2025 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Into The Woods: A Poetic Exploration of Stephen Sondheim

£55.00 *

Tutor: A.C. Smith

Into The Woods: A Poetic Exploration of Stephen Sondheim

'Into the woods without delay / But careful not to lose the way.'

Start Date: July 2, 2025 6.30–9pm
End Date: July 2, 2025 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

Jaws at 50 (‘You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Class’)

£95.00 *

Tutor: Simon Barraclough

Jaws at 50 (‘You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Class’)

Fear and fantasy – exploring the wonder of Spielberg’s Jaws

Start Date: July 5, 2025 10.30am
End Date: July 5, 2025 ( 1 Day )
Type: In-person • Location:

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Articles, Poems, Tips & Advice from our Staff and Campus Community.

In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s James Davies on how to write a sonnet. To write a sonnet, start with a clear theme or…

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CLIMATE POETRY: John Whale and Lone Sorenson, ‘Jizz’

Poets have long used their craft to reframe issues, convey emotion and share ideas, and climate change is an increasing feature of poetry shared across the world. To mark the launch of the Priestley Centre for Climate Futures last year, our partners, the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, paired University of Leeds poets with Priestley Centre climate…

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How Cinema Can Improve Your Writing

In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Simon Barraclough on how cinema can inspire and improve your writing. Simon will be teaching Jaws at 50…

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🖋️ One-Day Poetry Workshops: Boost Your Creativity & Voice

Looking for an affordable, high-impact way to deepen your poetry practice?Our one-day poetry workshops are perfect for writers seeking inspiration, creative breakthroughs, and new tools – all without the commitment of a long course. Whether you’re battling writer’s block, exploring performance, or diving into pop culture through poetry these short courses offer expert teaching, fresh…

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MA in Writing Poetry Alumni Profiles

Meet our MA in Writing Poetry Graduates, hear their stories and check out their achievements. Applications for the MA in Writing Poetry are currently open. Please visit the accrediting university, Newcastle’s admissions page for details here. Sarah Gibbons MA, Class of 2023 What have you been up to since you graduated?I won the 2024 Alastair…

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How Cinema Can Improve Your Writing

🖋️ One-Day Poetry Workshops: Boost Your Creativity & Voice

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How to: Write a Sonnet

CLIMATE POETRY: John Whale and Lone Sorenson, ‘Jizz’

How Cinema Can Improve Your Writing

🖋️ One-Day Poetry Workshops: Boost Your Creativity & Voice

MA in Writing Poetry Alumni Profiles