If you don’t live close to one of our teaching centres, we can bring a workshop to you and your poetry writing friends, in the comfort of your own home.
Here’s a menu of workshops that we currently offer anywhere in the country:
| Tutor | Beginner | Intermediate | Advanced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandy Coe | Jump Right In: unlocking the muse and writing | Bring It On: generating fresh ideas; polishing and publishing | Being Bold: expanding voice, styles and goals |
| Graham Fawcett | The Poet’s Journey | Reading Poems in their Time and Place | Translating the Poem |
| Roddy Lumsden | Improving Poems for Competitions and Magazines | Story Lines | Here and There And Now |
| Mimi Khalvati | Finding the Subject | Finding the Form | Writing a Sequence |
| Mario Petrucci | Surprise, Surprise | Capturing the Moment | 16 Ways of Writing a Poem |
| Clare Pollard | Faking it Up with the Truth | Write What You Don’t Know | Poetry & Audience |
| Clare Pollard | Sound Poems | Acting Up | Assembling a Manuscript |
| Clare Pollard | / | / | Translations & Versions |
| Tamar Yoseloff | Free Verse Lineation | Poetry & Landscape (urban or rural) | Poetry & Art |
If there is a subject or type of teaching that you want, but is not covered here, let us know and we will try and arrange something to suit, although please be aware that this might cost a little bit more than a standard Travelling Workshop.
The fee for a day’s workshop (five hours with an hour for lunch) is £400. The minimum number of students a tutor would need in a workshop is 4 and the maximum is 16, but between those numbers it is up to you how many people you have in your group and therefore how much you charge them individually. You will also need to budget for workshop venue hire, the tutor’s travel and any necessary overnight accommodation for him / her. Download our fact sheet on everything you need to consider when booking a workshop.
We pair groups and tutors through a combination of the former’s interests, skills and preferences and the latter’s availability.
To book, please download and complete this questionnaire and then email it to [email protected] with ‘Travelling Workshop request’ in the subject line.
We’ve also compiled a handy guide to hosting a Travelling Workshop. Please make sure you have read the guide before you complete your questionnaire.