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First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: Finding Inspiration with Isabelle Baafi – November 2026

Start your poetic journey with this interactive, beginner-friendly workshop with poet, critic and tutor, Isabelle Baafi.

Start Date: November 10, 2026
End Date: November 10, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – December 2026

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

First Steps: A Closer Look with Isabelle Baafi – December 2026

Turn everyday details into striking poems in this beginner-friendly workshop exploring voice, perspective, and creative ways into writing.

Start Date: December 8, 2026
End Date: December 8, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

£900.00 *

Tutor: Meryl Pugh

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

Monthly Zoom seminars, with MA Core Tutor Meryl Pugh, for those looking to develop the skills necessary for postgraduate poetic study.

Start Date: January 7, 2027 6:00pm
End Date: June 3, 2027 ( 148 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

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How I Did It: Karen McCarthy Woolf

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2026 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked poets shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best Collection to write about the inspiration behind one of the poems from their book. Here’s Karen McCarthy Woolf on what inspired her to write the extract from page 44 of her poetry…

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Karen McCarthy Woolf

6 Cute Poetic Strategies You Should Try

How can we utilise the ‘cute’ in our writing? Ellora Sutton is teaching her Online course Gutsy Cute Studio this November gives us some of her top strategies for harnessing the power of cute in your writing. 1. Whimsy Think fairytales. Think gems and talking woodland critters. Nothing can go wrong here (so it’s all…

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Ellora Sutton

How I Did It: Tishani Doshi

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2026 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked poets shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best Collection to write about the inspiration behind one of the poems from their book. Here’s Tishani Doshi on what inspired her to write the title poem from Egrets, While War. Read the…

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Tishani Doshi

5 Facts You Might Not Know About Robert Frost

Robert Frost is arguably one of the most famous poets of all time, but how much do you really know about him? Jodie Hollander who is running ‘The Road Not Taken’: Reading & Writing Robert Frost with us this Autumn gives us some interesting facts about the American poet. Image credit: Public Domain 1. He…

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Jodie Hollander

How I Did It: Caroline Smith

Welcome to our Forward Prizes 2026 ‘How I Did It’ series. This year we asked poets shortlisted for the Jerwood Prize for Best Collection to write about the inspiration behind one of the poems from their book. Here’s Caroline Smith on what inspired her to write the poem ‘Removal’ in Bycatch. Read the full poem…

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Caroline Smith

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