Spring Programme Articles

Translation as Creative Writing 

As part of our Poetry Craft series, Steve Komarnyckyj discusses the craft of translation in creative writing.  Do you think every act of writing is a kind of translation?  We are all translators. Everything we do is an act of translation. Our brains interpret the sensory data flooding our perceptions. Each of us inhabits a world that we have “translated“…

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How to Write About Your Family

In this series, we interview our tutors about poetry and its place in their world. These interviews will cover creative writing tips, excelling in a poetry workshop, building a literary career, and finding your poetic voice. Here’s Kit Griffiths on how to write about your family. When you start writing about your family, what’s the…

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The Freedom of Writing

Michal Kamil Piotrowski on his course: ‘A Kaleidoscope of Forms: Innovative Poetry in the 21st Century’ Hello! In this post I will write a bit about experimental poetry. But first – what makes poetry experimental or innovative? In my opinion, the most important aspect is that, unlike traditional poetry, it concentrates on the future, it…

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