Advanced Poetry Workshop with Mark Waldron
An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.
* This course will take place on the video-conferencing platform ZOOM *
This advanced course will focus primarily on developing your current work-in-progress, including individual poems and poems-in-sequence, through reading, discussion, feedback, re-drafting and discussion of ‘motives’ and direction. We’ll also spend some time looking at the work of an established (usually contemporary) poet, examples of whose work Mark will bring to the session. Most weeks there will also be an optional writing prompt.
10 weekly Zoom sessions on Wednesdays, 6.45–8.45pm (BST/GMT), starts 8 October 2025. Please note: Entry to this course is by application only. If you would like to join, please send a submission of three poems to [email protected].
Concessions & Accessibility
To apply for a concession rate, please send relevant documentation showing your eligibility for one of our concessions to [email protected]. Conditions of eligibility are detailed here. If you have any questions or wish to be added to the waiting list of a sold-out course, please email [email protected].
What to Expect
Please check the left hand side of this page for information on how this course works in practice, under the heading ‘Course Style‘. If you’re unsure as to what any of the terms there mean, or if this course is a good fit for you, please visit our What to Expect page which includes some further information on how our courses function.
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About Mark Waldron 
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Mark Waldron has published five poetry collections, most recently, A Straight Up Giant with Bloodaxe Books in 2023. He was named a Next Generation Poet by the Poetry Book Society in 2014. In 2018, The Sunday Times listed him among the best poetry performers in the UK. He’s been published widely in the UK and the US, and his work has been translated into Spanish, Romanian, and Serbian.
"I've been alerted to quite a few fantastic new poets (or new to me, at least). I very much look forward to the Wednesday evenings, and see some of the other attendees outside the class."
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