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OUR TUTORS

All about our teaching poets

We have one of the largest faculties of teaching poets in the world, which allows us to offer a huge diversity of expertise in poetic technique, inspiration and feedback. Every tutor’s teaching style is different, as is every student’s learning experience.

Our tutors are all practicing, professional poets with a wide range of experience in publishing, criticism, reviewing, editing, performing and event producing. We delight in their writing, but we also invite them to teach at the Poetry School out of great respect for their teaching skills and specialisms. Each term our roster of tutors changes, but we always ensure a balanced mix of our most experienced favourites, exciting new talent and special guests. At the end of each course, our teaching is evaluated by our students. Surveys taken from the last three years (since 2015) have ranked our overall teaching quality an average of 5 out of 5.

Current faculty

Our faculty is always changing, term on term. All our tutors work for us on freelance basis: some poets teach several courses a term and have become regular fixtures, and others drop in as little as every few years for the odd workshop or short course. They include everyone from recent graduates to Forward and Eliot prize winners. Our faculty changes and grows, term on term. Some poets teach several courses a term and have become regular fixtures, and others drop every now and then for the occasional workshop or short course. The best way to find out about our current tutors is to check our most recent course programme. Biographical information about all tutors can be found on course pages and CAMPUS profiles. Since 2013 the following poets have taught for us …

Abi Palmer ~ Abigail Parry ~ A B Jackson ~ Adam Crothers ~ Adam Feinstein ~ Adam Lowe ~ Agnieszka Studzinska – Ahren Warner ~ AK Blakemore ~ Alex MacDonald ~ Alice Kavounas ~ Alice Lyons ~ Alicia Stubbersfield ~ Alvin Pang ~ Amaal Said ~ Andrew Forster ~ Andrew Jamison ~ Andrew McMillan ~ Andrew Philip ~ Andy Brown ~ Ann Sansom ~ Anna Robinson ~ Anna Selby ~ Anna Veprinska ~ Annie Finch ~ Anthony Anaxagorou ~ Anthony Joseph ~ Antony Dunn ~ Belinda Zhawi ~ Ben Wilkinson ~ Beverley Nadin ~ Bill Manhire ~ Bridget Minamore ~ Caleb Femi ~ Caleb Parkin ~ Callie Gardner ~ Carmina Masoliver ~ Carola Luther ~  Carolyn Jess-Cooke ~ Carrie Etter ~ Catherine Smith ~ Chen Chen ~ Cherry Styles ~ Cheryl Moskowitz ~ Chris McCabe ~ Chrissy Williams ~ Christina Thatcher ~ Claire Askew ~ Claire Crowther ~ Claire Trévien ~ Clare Pollard ~ Clare Shaw ~ Cynthia Miller ~ Dai GeorgeDaljit Nagra ~ Daniel Eltringham ~ Dante Micheaux ~ David Clarke ~ David Crystal ~ David Harker ~ David Harsent ~ David Hayden ~ David Morley ~ David Tait ~ Dean Atta ~ Degna Stone ~ Denise Saul ~ Dzifa Benson ~ Ed Doegar ~ Ed Luker ~ Edmund Prestwich ~ Elaine Baker ~ Elaine Kahn ~ Eleanor Rees ~ Eley Williams ~ Elizabeth Parker ~ Ellen Cranitch ~ Elzbieta Wójcik-Leese ~ Emily Berry ~ Emma Hammond  ~ Eric Berlin ~ Eve Grubin ~ Fawzia Kane ~ Fiona Benson ~ Fiona Hamilton ~ Fiona Sampson ~ Fran Lock ~ Gemma Seltzer ~ George Szirtes ~ Gillian Allnutt ~ Gloria Dawson ~ Graham Fawcett ~ Greta Stoddart ~ Glyn Maxwell ~ Hannah Lowe ~ Harry Giles ~ Heidi Williamson ~ Helen Calcutt ~ Helen Charman ~ Helen Ivory ~ Helen Mort ~ Holly Corfield Carr ~ Holly Hopkins ~ Holly Pester ~ Inua Ellams ~ Ira Lightman ~ Isabel Galleymore ~ Ishion Hutchinson ~ Isobel Dixon ~ Jack Underwood ~ Jacqueline Saphra ~ Jacqui Rowe ~ Jade Cuttle ~ James Brookes ~ James Davies ~ James Harding ~ Jane Draycott ~ Jane Yeh ~ Jay Bernard ~ Jean Atkin ~ Jean Sprackland ~ Jeffrey Wainwright ~ Jen Calleja ~ Jennie Osborne ~ Jennifer Wong ~ Jo Bell ~ Joan Michelson ~ Jodie Hollander ~ Joe Dunthorne ~ John Challis ~ John CleggJohn Greening ~ John McCullough ~ Jonathan Edwards ~ Judy Brown ~ Julia Bird ~ Julian Stannard ~ Julian Turner ~ Karen Kuehne (Annesen) ~ Karen McCarthy Woolf ~ Karen Whiteson ~ Keith Jarrett ~ Jacob Polley ~ Jen Calleja ~ Jeremy Noel-Tod ~ Joe Dunthorne ~ Joey Connolly ~ John Wedgwood Clarke ~ Kate Potts ~ Kathleen Ossip ~ Kathryn Gray ~ Kathryn Maris ~ Kathryn Simmonds ~ Katrina Naomi ~ Kayo Chingonyi ~ Kelley Swain ~ Keiran Goddard ~ Khairani Barokka ~ Kim Moore ~ Laura Barnicoat ~ Laura Scott ~ Leonardo Boix ~ Lewis Parker ~ Liane Strauss ~ Linda Black ~ Linda Gregerson ~ Lisa Matthews ~ Liz BerryLucy Lepchani ~ Lucy Mercer ~ Lynne Rees ~ MacGillivray ~ Malika Booker ~ Marilyn Hacker ~ Mario Petrucci ~ Mark Pajak ~ Martha Sprackland ~ Martin Kratz ~ Martyn Crucefix ~ Mark Waldron ~ Mary Jean Chan ~ Matthew Welton ~ Matti Spence ~ Matthew Caley ~ Maurice Riordan ~ Maya Chowdhry ~ Melissa Lee-Houghton ~ Meryl Pugh  ~ Michael Schmidt ~ Mimi Khalvati ~ Miriam Darlington ~ Miriam Gamble ~ Miriam Nash ~ Momtaza Mehri ~ Mona Arshi ~ Moniza Alvi ~ Myra Schneider ~ Nasser Hussain ~ Natasha Hakimi ~ Niall O Sullivan ~ Nick Makoha ~ Nuar Alsadir ~ Nichola Deane ~ Nick Field ~ Nicola Collett ~ Nii Ayikwei Parkes ~ Pascale Petit ~ Patrick Brandon ~ Patrick Wright ~ Paula Bohince ~ Paul Stephenson ~ Penelope Shuttle ~ Penny Boxall ~ Peter Hughes ~ Peter Sansom ~ Philip Cowell ~ Phillis Levin ~ R A Villanueva ~ Rachael Allen  ~ Rachel Long ~ Raymond Antrobus ~ Rebecca Goss ~ Rebecca Tamás ~ Rebecca Watts ~ Remi Graves ~ Rhonda Rhiannon ~ Rhys Trimble ~ Richard Georges ~ Richard O’Brien ~ Richard Osmond ~ Richard Price ~ Richard Scott ~ Richie McCaffery ~ Rishi Dastidar ~ Robert Vas Dias ~ Roger Robinson ~ Roisin Tierney ~ Romalyn Ante ~ Ros Barber ~ Rosie Shepperd ~ Ross Sutherland ~ Rowan Evans ~ Roy McFarlane ~ Ruth Padel ~ Ryan Van Winkle ~ S J Fowler ~ Sally Flint ~ Samantha Walton ~ Saradha Soobrayen ~ Sarah Byrne ~ Sarah Corbett ~ Sarah Hesketh ~ Sarah Howe ~ Sascha Akhtar ~ Sasha Dugdale ~ Seán Hewitt ~ Sean O’Brien ~ Sean Wai Keung ~ Shazea Quraishi ~ Siddhartha Bose ~ Simon Barraclough ~ Sophie Herxheimer ~ Stav Poleg ~ Steve Ely ~ Srishti Krishnamoorthy-Cavell ~ Sunayana Bhargava ~ Susan Wicks ~ Suzannah Evans ~ Tamar Yoseloff ~ Tania Hershman ~Tara Bergin ~ Theresa Lola ~ Tim Cumming ~ Tim Dooley ~ Tishani Doshi ~ Tom Chivers ~ Victoria Adukwei Bulley ~ Victoria Bean ~ Victoria Kennefick ~ Warsan Shire ~ Wayne Holloway-Smith ~ Will Harris ~ Yomi Sode ~ Zaffar Kunial ~ Zeina Hashem Beck ~ Zoe Skoulding

Where are our tutors based?

Based in the UK and internationally, our tutors work with us in our London, Manchester, Bristol and Exeter classrooms, as well as our Online Courses via CAMPUS. If you’re interested in knowing which of our regular tutors is based near you, please email us on [email protected].

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We welcome new faces and new ideas! If you are a practicing poet with teaching experience (even if it’s basic) and you would like to submit a proposal to us for a workshop or course, please email [email protected].

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