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CLIMATE POETRY: John Whale and Lone Sorenson, 'Jizz'

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How Cinema Can Improve Your Writing

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

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MA in Writing Poetry Alumni Profiles

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How to Improve Your Poetry: Writer’s Block

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Poetry in Motion: Writing with Playfulness & Flexibility

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‘On the cusp of daydream’; Roshni Gallagher reviews 'Collected Poems' by Mimi Khalvati

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Break the Rules: Experimental & Playful Poetry

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Unsticking a Stuck Poet: Overcoming Writer's Block 

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Food, Family & Poetry: Writing Memory Through the Senses 

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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…

Posted in Blog 3 days ago by Simon Barraclough
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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. Kevin Scully MA, Class of 2024 Why and when did you start writing poetry?As a child. I think my first poem was published (with payment) at the age of eight or nine! It’s been with me on and off ever…

Posted in Alumni 1 week ago by Tessa Foley
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How to Improve Your Poetry: Writer’s Block

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 Yanita Georgieva on how to deal with writer’s block. For any writer, there are two terrible states of…

Posted in Blog 2 weeks ago by Yanita Georgieva
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