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Seminar Courses

Monthly workshop groups around the UK.

Our seminars form a key part of our educational programme. Running throughout the year, these intimate workshops have helped many writers develop their work through long-term guidance and to become part of local poetry communities around the UK.

In these courses, a small group of participants meet on a monthly basis to workshop their own poems-in-progress, discuss contemporary poetry and develop new skills and confidence, all under the direction and guidance of a published tutor.

All our Seminar Courses

£300.00 *

Tutor: Greta Stoddart

Greta Stoddart Zoom Seminars 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Greta Stoddart on Zoom.

Start Date: September 29, 2026 2pm
End Date: May 5, 2027 ( 219 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Greta Stoddart

Greta Stoddart Exeter Seminars 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Greta Stoddart in Exeter.

Start Date: September 30, 2026 12 & 3.30pm
End Date: May 5, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: Seminar • Location: Exeter Community Centre, Exeter

£300.00 *

Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith

Wayne Holloway-Smith Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Wayne Holloway-Smith.

Start Date: October 3, 2026 11am
End Date: May 8, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

Glyn Maxwell MA Graduate Seminars 2026/27

Tutor: Glyn Maxwell

Glyn Maxwell MA Graduate Seminars 2026/27

Monthly seminars in London for graduates of our MA in Writing Poetry.

Start Date: October 5, 2026 12pm
End Date: June 17, 2027 ( 256 Days )
Type: Seminar • Location:

£300.00 *

Tutor: Antony Dunn

Antony Dunn Seminars 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Antony Dunn.

Start Date: October 6, 2026 6.15pm
End Date: May 13, 2027 ( 220 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Suzanne Conway

Suzanne Conway Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Suzanne Conway on Zoom.

Start Date: October 6, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: May 4, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Philip Gross

Philip Gross Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Philip Gross.

Start Date: October 6, 2026 5.30pm
End Date: May 4, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

Fantasias: Asian Diasporic Poetics Reading Group

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Tutor: Jay Gao Will Harris

Fantasias: Asian Diasporic Poetics Reading Group

A thrilling year-long deep dive into Asian diasporic work with expert tutors, poet Q&As, and the chance to perform yourself!

Start Date: October 7, 2026 7–9pm
End Date: July 7, 2027 ( 274 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Greta Stoddart

Greta Stoddart Bridport Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Greta Stoddart in Bridport.

Start Date: October 8, 2026 10.30am
End Date: May 6, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: Seminar • Location: The George Hotel, Bridport

Penny Boxall Wymondham Seminar (2026/27)

£300.00 *

Tutor: Penny Boxall

Penny Boxall Wymondham Seminar (2026/27)

Intimate monthly seminars with Penny Boxall in Wymondham.

Start Date: October 10, 2026 1.30pm
End Date: May 22, 2027 ( 225 Days )
Type: In-person, Seminar • Location: Wymondham Heritage Museum, Norfolk

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar 2026/27

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sascha Akhtar

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar 2026/27

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

£300.00 *

Tutor: Stav Poleg

Stav Poleg Cambridge Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Stav Poleg in Cambridge.

Start Date: October 10, 2026 10.30am
End Date: May 15, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: In-person, Seminar • Location: Rock Road Library, Cambridge

Jacqueline Saphra Monthly London Seminars 2026/27

£300.00 *

Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra

Jacqueline Saphra Monthly London Seminars 2026/27

Intimate seminars with Jacqueline Saphra in London.

Start Date: October 14, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: June 10, 2027 ( 240 Days )
Type: In-person, Seminar • Location:

£300.00 *

Tutor: Sue Burge

Sue Burge Zoom Seminar (2026/27)

Intimate monthly seminars with Sue Burge on Zoom.

Start Date: October 20, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: May 11, 2027 ( 204 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

£300.00 *

Tutor: Matthew Caley

Matthew Caley London Seminar 2026/27

Intimate monthly seminars with Matthew Caley in London.

Start Date: October 21, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: May 19, 2027 ( 211 Days )
Type: In-person, Seminar

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

£300.00 *

Tutor: Shazea Quraishi

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

Intimate monthly seminars with Shazea Quraishi on Zoom, exploring ways to take poetic action in these trying times.

Start Date: November 9, 2026 6.30pm
End Date: June 14, 2027 ( 218 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

£900.00 *

Tutor: Meryl Pugh

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

Monthly Zoom seminars, with MA Core Tutor Meryl Pugh, for those looking to develop the skills necessary for postgraduate poetic study.

Start Date: January 7, 2027 6:00pm
End Date: June 3, 2027 ( 148 Days )
Type: Seminar, Video

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HOW SEMINARS WORK

Seminars meet monthly for in-depth discussions on poems-in-progress, with a tutor on hand to offer additional advice, guidance and feedback. Groups contain between six and eight students. A successful seminar group enables supportive critical friendships to develop, so you are encouraged to commit to all eight sessions.

As far as we can, we arrange seminars according to levels of interest and experience, and entry into these groups is by application only. So, tell us what sort of writer you are and which tutor you’d like to work with, and we’ll try and find the right match for you.

Most seminar groups start in October and run through to May/June, but exact dates, times and venues will be listed on each individual course page.

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

Content will vary course to course, but on all our seminars you can expect the following:

reading, writing and thinking about poetry in different ways
exposure to new writers, voices, forms and styles
the confidence to write more and devote more time to writing
workshopping
discovery of new areas and subjects for research
better understanding of how to make choices (length, theme, tone, etc)
enhanced critical skills
practical advice on further development

We pride ourselves on the standard of our teaching and the poetry produced on every one of our courses. Many of our students have gone on to successfully submit their course work for publication in magazines and journals, and had success in competitions. But don’t take it from us: read some of our many student testimonials.

FAQ

The activity I want is fully booked – what can I do?

Lost property?

Lost property will be kept in the office. Please call or email us if you believe you have left something in the classrooms.

What should I do if I can’t make a class session?

What is your refunds policy?

If you cannot attend a course a full refund will be made as long as cancellation is received four weeks before the course start date. After this period, we are only able to give you a refund if the course has sold out and we are able to fill your place. Refunds cannot be given if you were unable to attend a course or did not log on to the online chats. Please read our Terms & Conditions for more information.

How do I teach for the Poetry School?

Please send us details of your publication record and teaching experience and the ideas you have for courses and workshops you’d like to teach. If your ideas for the programme are a fit for ours, we will start to make joint plans.

The Poetry School

Seminar Courses

Monthly workshop groups around the UK.

Our seminars form a key part of our educational programme. Running throughout the year, these intimate workshops have helped many writers develop their work through long-term guidance and to become part of local poetry communities around the UK.

All our Seminar Courses

Greta Stoddart Zoom Seminars 2026/27

Greta Stoddart Exeter Seminars 2026/27

Wayne Holloway-Smith Seminar 2026/27

Glyn Maxwell MA Graduate Seminars 2026/27

Antony Dunn Seminars 2026/27

Suzanne Conway Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Philip Gross Zoom Seminar 2026/27

Fantasias: Asian Diasporic Poetics Reading Group

Greta Stoddart Bridport Seminar 2026/27

Penny Boxall Wymondham Seminar (2026/27)

Sascha Akhtar's Embodied Performance Praxis Seminar 2026/27

Stav Poleg Cambridge Seminar 2026/27

Jacqueline Saphra Monthly London Seminars 2026/27

Sue Burge Zoom Seminar (2026/27)

Matthew Caley London Seminar 2026/27

Seminar with Shazea Quraishi: Lighting the World

MA Foundation Seminar with Meryl Pugh 2027

HOW SEMINARS WORK

WHAT WILL I LEARN?

FAQ

The activity I want is fully booked – what can I do?

Lost property?

What should I do if I can’t make a class session?

What is your refunds policy?

How do I teach for the Poetry School?

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