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Upcoming Highlights

A selection of Courses & Workshops we're running soon

£55.00 *

Tutor: Lewis Buxton

The Talking Dead

Horrible Poetries.

Start Date: October 31, 2026
End Date: October 31, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£118.00 *

Tutor: Ellora

Gutsy Cute Studio

Get Cuter. The doe-eyed and dangerous does poetic drama.

Start Date: November 2, 2026
End Date: November 30, 2026 ( 29 Days )
Type: Online

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

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sue Burge

Sue Burge Zoom Seminar (2026/27)

Intimate monthly seminars with Sue Burge on Zoom.

Start Date: November 10, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: June 15, 2027 ( 218 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 1. Whimsy Think fairytales. Think gems and talking woodland critters. Nothing can go wrong here (so it’s all the more crushing when it does). When is a…

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Ellora

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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