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The Complete Works Poetry – call for submissions
An update from our friends at The Complete Works … The Complete Works Poetry (TCW 3) Deadline: February 14th, 2016 Are you a Black or Asian poet at the stage where you are committed to producing a full-length collection? Would you benefit from a tailored programme of support and career development? Funded by Arts Council England…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)
Open Workshop: ‘The Art of Ventriloquism’
A history of ventriloquism, to be summarised and re-written: Originally, ventriloquism was a religious practice. The name comes from the Latin for to speak from the stomach, i.e. venter (belly) and loqui (speak). The noises produced by the stomach were thought to be the voices of the unliving, who took up residence in the stomach of the ventriloquist. The ventriloquist…
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A New Director for the Poetry School – Update
Keen observers of the Poetry School’s news reports will have noted that we have not yet announced a new Director for the organisation. Ollie Dawson, our previous Director, has now moved to his new job, and the route to find his successor is one we’re taking slowly and carefully. Board, staff and tutor representatives are…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)
‘You took the words right out my mouth’
Next week we will be welcoming the 11th Digital Poet in Residence to the CAMPUS community. Please give a warm welcome to Clare Shaw – poet, Poetry School tutor, mental health researcher and trainer. In this residency – ‘You took the words right out my mouth’ – Clare will explore the practice of ventriloquism in…
Will Barrett (Poetry School)Open Workshop: ‘Aesthetic Experiments’
Have you ever wanted to completely experiment with design of poem? Manipulate a piece of text to make something once drab, now visually stunning and fantastical? Or give serious thought to how form might best reflect content? This Open Workshop with Lavinia Singer, the Poetry School’s Digital Poet in Residence, is all about appearances. Choosing…
Poetry SchoolLavinia Singer is our 10th Digital Poet in Residence
This weekend, to coincide with the Free Verse poetry book fair, we will be welcoming another new Digital Poet in Residence to CAMPUS. Sneaky aren’t we? We’re exceptionally delighted to have the delightfully exceptional Lavinia Singer join us as The Poetry School’s 10th official poet in residence. As Janette Ayachi (DPIR
Poetry SchoolRoutes Poets Publish
This beautiful object is a pamphlet created by students from last year’s Routes into Poetry course, Tamar Yoseloff’s regular nuts and bolts craft class for beginners. The pamphlet contains work by Ruth Steadman, Jonathan Hart, Tom Clark, Jess Murrain, Clare Whittle, Leonardo Boix, Stef Bottinelli, Barbara Dillon, Anjila Sinha, Paul Lee-Maynard, Analia Padin and Jenni…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)Open Workshop: ‘Exquisite Corpse’
Have you ever wanted to collaborate with a group of poets on one piece of work? Well, the Surrealists started the Exquisite Corpse enterprise for this very purpose, as a sort of party game or parlour trick, a kinetic placement of ideas and images. So let’s create our monster: no rules, no theme, no demands, except…
Poetry SchoolShort and Sweet Fundraising Campaign
CAMPUS-members, how much do you know about the Poetry School’s Bursary Scheme? It’s a dedicated fund to support low-income students with Poetry School course fees. Students apply to the fund, and we spread the money out as widely as we can. It’s our way of making sure that our courses and workshops – both face…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)Master Your Manuscript
A special offer, a special offer! This poetry manuscript wrangling course is open to everyone, but for the under 30s, it’s half price. That’s because we know it’s Gregory submission time coming up, and we’d like to help out. Here are the course details … Winning Ways to Make the Shortlist Tutor: Saradha Soobrayen Day…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)Janette Ayachi is our new Digital Poet in Residence
After a close-fought competition, and my it was hard sifting down to a single winner, deliberations are over and we’re delighted to announce that Janette Ayachi will be our next Digital Poet in Residence. Janette is an Edinburgh-based poet who enticed us early with her idea for a residency, ‘The Poet’s Ego: Writers Who Love…
Will Barrett (Poetry School)Primers: an Interview with Jane Commane of Nine Arches Press
An Interview with Jane Commane
The Poetry School and Nine Arches Press joined forces recently to launch Primers, a new joint mentoring and publication scheme for emerging poets. Submissions have been whizzing through the systems these last few weeks and making us very excited, so we went to have a chat with Nine Arches’ Editor Jane Commane about what she’s…
Poetry SchoolMA in Writing Poetry – now open for applications
We are delighted to announce that our MA in Writing Poetry in collaboration with Newcastle University is now open for applications. The two year course starts in September 2015, and you can study in one of two centres: the Poetry School’s Lambeth Walk classrooms in London, or at Newcastle University itself. Both groups of students…
Poetry SchoolAn announcement from our Director
After six years as Director of the Poetry School, I will be stepping down from the role this summer. The Poetry School’s Board of Trustees will lead the search for a new Director with details of the recruitment process to be announced shortly. Although my time as Director will officially end in mid-August I will…
Ollie DawsonPrimers: Guide Your Poems Into Print
Primers: guide your poems into print with the Poetry School and Nine Arches Press The Poetry School and Nine Arches Press are delighted to announce the arrival of Primers, a new annual scheme creating a unique opportunity for talented poets to find publication and receive a programme of supportive feedback, mentoring and promotion. The scheme…
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Review the 2015 Forward Prize Shortlists!
CAMPUS wants Reviews! The shortlists for the 2015 Forward Prizes have just been announced! Congratulations to all poets and publishers on the list – you can read all the details here: http://www.forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-prizes-for-poetry/about/ This year, the Poetry School will be working closely with the Forward Arts Foundation on a series of events and activities encouraging close engagement…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)Open Workshop: ‘Invisible Dark Matter’
What small objects keep you awake at night, and which ones do you often lose, or have intimate relationships with? What was the last genuinely challenging idea you heard or read about? In this new Open Workshop, poet Simon Pomery will encourage you to take objects, preferably small ones with little or no poetical history,…
Poetry SchoolThe Line Break: our new, monthly poetry podcast
We’re quite thrilled to announce The Line Break, a new poetry podcast from The Poetry School. The Line Break is a free monthly podcast about writing poetry, hosted by Ryan Van Winkle and produced by Colin Fraser. For over 7 years Ryan and Colin have been providing high-quality podcasts for the Scottish Poetry Library and the…
Poetry SchoolBe our next Digital Poet in Residence!
The Poetry School is delighted to invite proposals for its next Digital Poet Residency. Since 2013 we’ve run eight digital residencies on CAMPUS, on an invitation only basis. For our 9th digital residency, we’re opening out to applications directly from the CAMPUS community. The Digital Poet in Residence is an artist-led position and we actively…
Poetry SchoolOpen Workshop: ‘Dear Zoo – Writing Poems about Rare and Exotic Animals’
What’s your favourite wild animal? We’ve all read poems that feature a sea bird, a house cat, a dog, a fox or a bee. Animals that share our home or our back garden. But what of those more unusual, less-popular creatures? The aardvark, the clown fish, the wombat, the penguin? The snow macaque? The lavender…
Poetry SchoolOpen Workshop: ‘Make New & Mend’
What makes a poetic image stay with you? It’s hard to remember an entire poem by heart, but often, a particular image will stick in the mind for days, months, even years after reading. In our latest Open Workshop, Claire Askew will challenge you to create imagery that is unforgettable. You’ll take a common poetic theme…
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Lo and Behold! – the first report
At the beginning of the year, we put out a call to poets and artists to surprise us with innovative poetry promoting ideas. Five of them did … and we were able to fund each of them with £750 to get their projects off the ground. Here’s how they’re getting on… Alistair Cartwright /…
Julia Bird (Poetry School Staff)
Announcing our MA in Writing Poetry with Newcastle University
We are delighted to announce a ground-breaking collaboration between Newcastle University and the Poetry School: a new Masters degree in Writing Poetry, leading to the award of an MA from Newcastle University*. Starting September 2015, the two year part time course will be based in two centres. You can study at the Poetry School in…
Poetry School Announcing our MA in Writing Poetry
We are delighted to announce a ground-breaking collaboration between Newcastle University and the Poetry School: a new Masters degree in Writing Poetry*. Starting September 2015, the two year part time course will be based in two centres. You can study at the Poetry School in London, or at Newcastle University itself via a combination of…
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Our 8th Digital Poet in Residence is…
This March we’re inaugurating not one but two new residencies. Ross Sutherland was the first, and we’re very happy to reveal that Ira Lightman, poet and word-dabbler extraordinary, will be our 8th Digital Poet in Residence. Ira’s residency is called ’21st Century Canto’. He explains: “All my adult life I have been fascinated with The…
Will Barrett (Poetry School)