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The Practice of Poetry with Shazea Quraishi

£260.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

The Practice of Poetry with Shazea Quraishi

Craft in community; the commitment you and your poetry are looking for to progress.

Start Date: October 7, 2026
End Date: December 9, 2026 ( 64 Days )
Type: Video

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sascha Akhtar

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar

Intimate monthly seminars with Sascha Akhtar on Zoom, diving into her specialist area of decolonial, embodied performance Praxis.

Start Date: October 10, 2026 11am
End Date: May 8, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

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

£45.00 *

Tutor: Isabelle Baafi

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

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

Start Date: October 13, 2026
End Date: October 13, 2026 ( 1 Day )
Type: Video

£55.00 *

Tutor: Lewis Buxton

The Talking Dead

Horrible Poetries.

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

Recent Blog Updates

Articles, Poems, Tips & Advice from our Staff and Campus Community.

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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