Saturday Sessions with Kathryn Simmonds

Monthly all-day Saturday workshops with Kathryn Simmonds.

Do you want to take your poetry to a new level? Do you need a gentle boot to write more regularly? Do you want a trustworthy, knowledgeable set of writing colleagues to give you kind but incisive feedback on your poems?

Then, join this long-running course, with a supportive tutor and friendly students, to be assisted and uplifted in your writing, as we workshop drafts of your poems-in-progress each month, offering considered advice, developmental feedback, and passionate poetic community.

3 all-day sessions on monthly Saturdays at Holborn House Community Centre, 35 Emerald Street, London, WC1N 3QW: 11am – 5pm (BST) on 11 Oct; 8 Nov; 13 Dec.

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, then please take a look at our What to Expect page which includes some further information on how our courses function.

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About Kathryn Simmonds View Profile

Kathryn Simmonds’s third collection, Scenes from Life on Earth, is published by Salt. Her poems have appeared in various publications including Poetry, The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Poetry Review and The Irish Times and, along with her short stories, have been broadcast on BBC radio. Her first picture book, Be my Sunflower is published by Walker Books. She lives in Norwich with her family and has run a number of courses for The Poetry School.

"The sessions have improved my poetry, inspired me to write more, and helped my self-confidence. "

- Spring 2025 Survey Response