On our video courses, a group of students meet on Zoom on a regular basis with their tutor to read their own work, discuss poetry, and – session by session – develop new skills and confidence as poet. We offer a breadth of approach to learning poetry, with some courses focusing on form and technique, whilst others look to provide inspiration for generating new writing or offer close readings of certain poets or movements.
The longest courses we offer stretch over three terms (general, covering a wide variety of skills and subjects) and the shortest courses we offer are one-day workshops (specific, looking at specialist subjects and techniques).
£900.00 *
Tutor: Meryl Pugh
Monthly Zoom seminars, with MA Core Tutor Meryl Pugh, for those looking to develop the skills necessary for postgraduate poetic study.
£350.00 *
Tutor: Anthony Anaxagorou
Develop your writing through discussion and feedback in this advanced workshop with Anthony Anaxagorou.
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Tutor: Jacqueline Saphra
Mix up your writing and learn new skills and techniques with Jacqueline Saphra.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith
Challenge yourself, elevate your writing, and take the next steps in your poetry career.
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Tutor: Rachel Long
A blank page – do or don't? The first module in our new Pathways Through Poetry series. Jump in and we'll guide you through the journey to poetic success!
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£240.00 *
Tutor: Wayne Holloway-Smith
Bring your writing to the next level and explore contemporary poetry’s cutting-edge.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Mark Waldron
An advanced weekly workshop group with the inimitable Mark Waldron.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Shazea Quraishi
Take poetic action in response to these times of war, displacement and climate emergency.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Tim Dooley
Our long-running weekly workshop with Tim Dooley, for poets looking to develop their individual voice and technique.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Rachel Long
An exciting advanced workshop group with the much-loved Rachel Long and the benefit of special guest tutors each term.
£70.00 *
Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter
Spark your creativity and take your first steps into the world of poetry!
£120.00 *
Tutor: kit griffiths
Delve into the knotty world of our oldest, and often hardest, relationships in your poetry.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Richard Price
Join this group for close discussion of your writing with acclaimed poet, Richard Price.
£70.00 *
Tutor: Becky Varley-Winter
Join a supportive community for close reading and developmental feedback on your new poems!
£120.00 *
Tutor: Lynn Davidson
Explore the meeting place between poetry and spell-casting and learn how to both tell and keep secrets in your writing.
£180.00 *
Tutor: Astrid Alben
A radical new course exploring trans- & multilingual writing with the innovative Astrid Alben.
£240.00 *
Tutor: Natasha Hakimi Zapata
A weekly workshop for developing poets looking to improve their writing through feedback and close reading.
£100.00 *
Tutor: romalyn ante
Dreamscapes, stillness, and self-discovery; join us as we dive into the world of mindfulness and poetic craft.
£100.00 *
Tutor: Elizabeth Parker
Punk quilting and Petrarch; get romantic this February, as we explore the latest innovations in love poetry.
Tutor and students meet on Zoom for an online Poetry School course session or workshop and the meetings are friendly and relatively informal. Unlike our Online courses, these may not feature a CAMPUS group, but you will still be given the opportunity to share your poetry and receive feedback according to the course format chosen by the tutor.
In each session, you might be given Exercises (specific writing tasks to inspire your own poems or ideas) or Feedback (comments on your work by tutors and / or other students); you might be Reading (close attention to published poems, looking for examples of technique, style, theme or form), Writing (working towards creating new poems throughout the duration of the course or workshop) or a combination of all these. Some courses will include tasks for you to complete between the sessions.
Our video courses are designed to suit all levels of experience: some activities are open to all, and others are structured with beginner, intermediate or advanced poets specifically in mind. Similarly, our activities aim to offer a breadth of approach to learning poetry, with some focusing on form and technique, whilst others look to provide inspiration for your writing.
Content will vary course to course, but on all our video courses you can expect the following:
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.
Generally speaking we offer 3 main types of video courses:
LONG COURSES are more than 10 weeks and run over several terms. All our long courses start in the Autumn, but can be joined mid-way (subject to availability). Long courses are quite general and will encompass a large variety of ideas and techniques suitable for particular skill levels.
SHORT COURSES are commonly 10 weeks or less, once a term, with regular sessions running weekly or fortnightly. Short courses tend to focus on a particular subject, theme, form or technical aspect of poetry, often open to all levels.
WORKSHOPS are weekend, one or half day sessions.
If you’re unsure which class, level, or style of course might be best for you, you can contact our administration team on [email protected] for help with any course queries you might have.