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Vona Groarke – T. S. Eliot Writer’s Notes

Welcome to our Writers’ Notes for the 2025 T.S. Eliot Prize shortlist. These are educational resources for poets looking to develop their practice and learn from some of contemporary poetry’s most exciting and accomplished voices. Here’s Vona Groarke on her collection Infinity Pool. Floaters & Flashes I’m deeply suspicious of the term ‘my practice’ when used by…

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Spring 2026 – Quick Course Guide

Our Spring Term is now live! We have a whole host of brilliant tutors and poetry courses ready for you to pick from and, as they tend to sell out really fast, we’ve made this Spring 2026 Quick Course Guide to help guide you to the right course. Online Courses INTERNATIONAL Online courses without Live…

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How Poets Navigate Plagiarism, Consent, and Authorship

As part of our Poetry Craft series, Sarah Hesketh discusses how poets navigate plagiarism, consent, and authorship. When using real speech in poetry, how do you maintain authenticity without simply reproducing raw material?  I suppose I’d immediately like to take issue with that word ‘authenticity’. Poetry that incorporates text that comes from a speech act…

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Who Gets to Write? Class, Work and the Politics of Poetry Today

As part of our Poetry Craft series, Ruth Beddow discusses class, work and the politics of poetry today. Before we talk about whose poetry gets published, promoted or awarded, we need to ask: who gets to write in the first place? A myth of ‘working-class writing’? In recent years, we’ve seen Joelle Taylor (raised in…

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How to: Develop Poetic Sensitivity to the Spaces Between

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 Helen Calcutt on how to develop poetic sensitivity to the spaces between. How can poets use the ‘spaces…

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