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Lyric Essays: Rumination, Speculation, Love (International, Spring 2023)

Private Course Group with 17 members

11-Jan – Course start & Assignment 1 set
18-Jan – Assignment 1 deadline
25-Jan – Feedback 1 & Assignment 2 set
1-Feb – Assignment 2 deadline
8-Feb – Feedback 2 & Assignment 3 set
15-Feb – Assignment 3 deadline
22-Feb– Feedback 3 & Assignment 4 set
1-Mar– Assignment 4 deadline
8-Mar – Feedback 4 & Assignment 5 set
15-Mar – Assignment 5 deadline
22-Mar – Feedback & course end

Fortnightly Feedback with Rebecca Watts (Autumn 2022)

Private Group with 21 members

28 Sep – course start
12 Oct – 1st poem submission deadline (feedback from Rebecca posted by 19 Oct)
26 Oct– 2nd poem submission deadline (feedback from Rebecca posted by 2 Nov)
9 Nov – 3rd poem submission deadline (feedback from Rebecca posted by 16 Nov)
23 Nov – 4th poem submission deadline (feedback from Rebecca posted by 30 Nov)
7 Dec – 5th poem submission deadline (feedback from Rebecca posted by 14 Dec)

MA in Writing Poetry 2021/23

Private Group with 15 members

This is a group for students enrolled on the Poetry School’s MA in Writing Poetry in partnership with Newcastle University, 2021/23.

NB students: When posting your poems for workshop, please put your name both on your poem and in the file name.

Writing After the Films of Stanley Kubrick (Spring 2023)

Private Course Group with 18 members

Group for Spring 2023 course

23 Jan – Paths of Glory
30 Jan – Spartacus
6 Feb – Lolita
13 Feb – Dr. Strangelove
20 Feb – 2001: A Space Odyssey
27 Feb – A Clockwork Orange
6 Mar – Barry Lyndon
13 Mar – The Shining
20 Mar – Full Metal Jacket
27 Mar – Eyes Wide Shut

Forms of Family (International, Spring 2022)

Private Course Group with 15 members

20 Jan – Course start & Assignment 1 set
27-Jan – Assignment 1 deadline
3-Feb – Assignment 2 set
10-Feb – Assignment 2 deadline
17-Feb – Assignment 3 set
24-Feb – Assignment 3 deadline
3-Mar – Assignment 4 set
10-Mar– Assignment 4 deadline
17-Mar – Assignment 5 set
24-Mar – Assignment 5 deadline
31-Mar – course end

Where Words Meet Music (Spring 2023)

Private Course Group with 17 members

Group for Spring 2023 course

25 Jan – Introduction / Workshop / Exploration
1 Feb – guest tutor Me for Queen: Lyrics & Libretto
8 Feb – guest tutor Ana Silvera: The Craft of Songwriting
15 Feb – guest tutor The Repeat Beat Poet: Poetry as Performance
22 Feb – Sharing & Conclusion

Half-remembered Things (Open Workshop)

Private Group with 8 members

In this workshop, you will dig through your childhood memories, picking out something half-remembered and twisting it into something new. You might change something small, or transform it into a whole new tale. You’ll then put this story into a poem, using dialect or slang words you might have used as a child – to make the tale sound raw, as though it only happened last week.

To book your place: http://campus.poetryschool.com/open-workshop-half-remembered-things/

The Quality of Sprawl: Long Poems & Sequences (Interactive Autumn 2022)

Private Course Group with 16 members

29-Sep– Course start & Assignment 1 set
6-Oct – Assignment 1 deadline
13-Oct – Live chat 1 & Assignment 2 set
20-Oct – Assignment 2 deadline
27-Oct – Live chat 2 & Assignment 3 set
3-Nov – Assignment 3 deadline
10-Nov – Live chat 3 & Assignment 4 set
17-Nov – Assignment 4 deadline
24-Nov – Live chat 4 & Assignment 5 set
1-Dec – Assignment 5 deadline
8-Dec – Live chat 5 & course end

‘Sand not Oil’: Transreading Modern Poetry in German (Summer 2022)

Private Course Group with 15 members

Group for Summer 2022 Transreading Course:

12 May – Course start & Assignment 1 set
19 May – Assignment 1 deadline
26 May – Assignment 1 feedback deadline & Assignment 2 set
2 Jun – Assignment 2 deadline
9 Jun – Assignment 2 feedback deadline & Assignment 3 set
16 Jun – Assignment 3 deadline
23 Jun – Assignment 3 feedback deadline & Assignment 4 set
30 Jun – Assignment 4 deadline
7 Jul – Assignment 4 feedback deadline & Assignment 5 set
14 Jul – Assignment 5 deadline
21 Jul – Assignment 5 feedback deadline & course end

Writing on

Private Group with 7 members

Writing on is a space for participants of Wretched Strangers to continue to exchange creative work.

Writing Catastrophe: From the Personal to the Planetary (Masterclass, Autumn 2022)

Private Group with 14 members

21-Sep – Course start & Assignment 1 set
28-Sep – Assignment 1 deadline
5-Oct – Feedback 1 & Assignment 2 set
12-Oct – Assignment 2 deadline
19-Oct – Feedback 2 & Assignment 3 set
26-Oct – Assignment 3 deadline
2-Nov – Feedback 3 & Assignment 4 set
16-Nov – Assignment 4 deadline
30-Nov – Feedback 4 & Assignment 5 set
7-Dec – Assignment 5 deadline
14-Dec – Feedback 5 & course end

Trust the Image (Interactive Autumn 2022)

Private Group with 16 members

5-Oct – Course start & Assignment 1 set
12-Oct – Assignment 1 deadline
19-Oct – Live chat 1 & Assignment 2 set
26-Oct – Assignment 2 deadline
2-Nov – Live chat 2 & Assignment 3 set
9-Nov –  Assignment 3 deadline
16-Nov – Live chat 3 & Assignment 4 set
23-Nov– Assignment 4 deadline
30-Nov – Live chat 4 & Assignment 5 set
7-Dec – Assignment 5 deadline
14-Dec – Live chat 5 & course end