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NEW CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
Liverpool poet Tom George is running a 5-week creative writing course from 23rd April 2010
It runs every Friday at
Blackburne House, Liverpool from 9.30AM to 12.30PM.
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The Poetry Kit |
Courses |
Most local
authority Adult Education services run creative writing groups; some run groups
dedicated to poetry. Check with your local centre for details. Below is a selection
of residential, correspondence, and part-time courses that are
worth looking at, depending on your enthusiasm and the depth of
your pocket.
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| CRITIQUES - Full critiques of poetry or other writing available. FURTHER DETAILS |
| PROOF READING - QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED PROOF READER AVAILABLE - An experienced publishers reader who assists with advice to Poetry Kit is available to advise on grammar, spelling and layout problems for manuscripts and scripts. For information contact liam@liambennett.com |
NEW POETRY AND OTHER COURSES STARTING SOON
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NEW CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
Liverpool poet Tom George is running a 5-week creative writing course from 23rd April 2010
It runs every Friday at
Blackburne House, Liverpool from 9.30AM to 12.30PM.
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ACT
Writers Centre, (Canberra, Australia)
ACT Writers Centre on 6262 9191 or
online at
www.actwriters.org.au |
| The Arvon Foundation runs year-round one-week
residential courses on all aspects of creative writing at
three centres. Generally there are two tutors for each
course, and all are experienced writers. Head Office: The Arvon Foundation, 2nd Floor, 42A Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 0RE. Phone 020 7931 7611. Fax 020 7963 0961 Totleigh Barton Sheepwash Beaworthy Devon EX21 5NS Tel 01409 231 338 Fax 01409 231144 e-mail t-barton@arvonfoundation.org Lumb Bank Heptonstall Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 6DF Tel 01422 843714 Fax 01422 843714 e-mail l-bank@arvonfoundation.org Moniack Mhor Teavarron, Kiltarlity, Beauly, Inverness-shire IV4 7HT Tel 01463 741675 Fax 01463 741733 e-mial m-mhor@arvonfoundation.org In association with the Scottish Arts Council. The Hurst, Clunton, Craven Arms, Shropshire SY7 0JA Tel 01588 640658 Fax 01588 640509 e-mail hurst@arvonfoundation.org |
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Burton Manor is an Adult Education College and runs a wide range of courses.
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details of these and other courses are on the website www.burtonmanor.com , |
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| Courses in Crete - poetry
and writing courses in Loutro, Crete. For further information contact World Spirit at: tel/fax 00 44 (0) 161 928 5768, mobile 07973 394921, e-mail worldspirit99@aol.com web site www.worldspirit.org.uk |
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Ballintlea, Ventry, Co. Kerry,
Ireland. |
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Emerson College |
| FIRE IN THE HEAD, tutored by poet and author Roselle Angwin, is an exciting year round programme of poetry, fiction and reflective writing days, weekends and retreats in stunning locations such as Iona, Scotland, Devon and Spain. www.roselle-angwin.co.uk roselle.angwin@internet-today.co.u k PO Box 17, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 6YF 01822 841081 |
| il chiostro workshops in Italy - art, fiction, poetry. Details from Il Chiostro Inc., 241 West 97th Street, Suite 13N, New York NY10025 Phone: (800) 990-3506 e-mail: ilchiostro@hotmail.com |
| Imagination-Based Poetry' Retreat on the Greek Island of Skiathos, Go to www.zoeartemis.com for detailed info about retreat and registration. |
| The Poetry School offers some residential courses as well as group and one-to-one tuition at various London and other venues around the country. For a catalogue of their full programme, contact the school. email programme@poetryschool.com, website at: www.poetryschool.com |
| Thompson Peak Retreat Northeastern California, USA, writers’ retreat cabin: www.thompsonpeakretreat.com |
| Ty Newydd Writing Courses. Taliesin Trust, Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwynedd, LL52 0LW. Phone 01766 522811 Fax 01766 523095 e-mail tynewydd@dial.pipex.com Most courses run from Monday to Friday (Saturday departure) and cost £335 including meals and shared accommodation (£360 with a single room). There are weekend courses (Friday to Sunday) costing £140 (£150 with single room), and extended courses costing £375 (£400 with single room). |
| COMMUNITY OF WRITERS AT SQUAW
VALLEY
Squaw Valley, California Lucille Clifton, Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, Galway Kinnell Sharon Olds, Kevin Young The Poetry Program is founded on the belief that when poets gather in a community to write new poems, each poet may well break through old habits and write something stronger and truer than before. To help this happen we work together to create an atmosphere in which everyone might feel free to try anything. For details see website at www.squawvalleywriters.org - info@squawvalleywriters.org |
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Writing Retreat: Beautiful
Val David, Work on
your creative projects and gather with fellow writers and artists at a
new International Writers’ and Artists’ Residency in Val
For more info, see www.flaviacosma.com or email Flavia Cosma at flaviacosma@rogers.com |
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| Poetry Boot Camp, An on-line poetry intensive for six days in a row, once a month. Participants are English-speaking, but come from all over the world (US, Canada, UK, Cyprus, Guam, Italy, Portugal and the South Pole). This is the beginning of the fifth year of the workshop. The website is at: http://www.poetrybootcamp.com (207) | |
| Dan Masterson offers e-mail critique of your work (advanced poets only). Email a poem and he'll get back to you with comments. The first poem is free of charge. Further consultation by fee. Email address and details on site: http://www.poetrymaster.com | |
| Open College of the Arts is affiliated to the Open
University. If you want to take its correspondence course
in writing poetry, you will have to take the beginners'
creative writing course first. As with Arvon, tutors are
experienced writers. UK Contacts: Registration Department, OCA, Freepost SF10678, Barnsley S75 1BR Freephone: 0800 731 2116 Fax: 01226 730 838 Minicom: 01226 205 255 E-mail: open.arts@ukonline.co.uk Overseas: Registration Department, OCA, Unit 1B, Redbrook Business Park, Wilthorpe Road, Barnsley, United Kingdom, S75 1JN Phone: +44 (0)1226 730 495 Fax: +44 (0)1226 730 838 Minicom: +44 (0)1226 205 255 E-mail: open.arts@ukonline.co.uk |
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| Distance Learning Open University courses - Write to The Open University, PO Box 625, Milton Keynes, MK7 6BR UK | |
| Wordshop - Andrew M Forster offers creative writing courses via e-mail. The flexibility of e-mail means courses are designed for students needs. E-mail andyforster.wordshop@virgin.net for an information file. |
| ADULT EDUCATION
centres in London that run poetry courses and
workshops include: City Lit, 16 Stukely Street, Drury Lane WC2B 5LJ Map phone 0171 831 9631 fax 0171 405 3347 e-mail info@citylit.ac.uk City University, Northampton Square, EC1V 0HB Map phone 0171-477-8268 fax 0171 477 8256 Goldsmith College, New Cross SE14 6NW Map phone 0171 919 7200 fax 0171 919 7509 Morley College, 61 Westminster Bridge Road SE1 7HT Map phone 0171 928 8501 fax 0171 928 4074 Richmond Adult College, Clifden rd, Twickenham (courses at Parkshot Centre, Richmond). phone 0181 891 5907/940 0170 fax 0181 892 6354 |
| University of Bristol,
Department of English MA in Modern and Contemporary Poetry. For information contact Rebecca Ireland, Postgraduate Admissions, Department of English, University of Bristol, 3/5 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB Phone: 0117 928 8863 Fax: 0117 928 8860 email: engl-pg-enquiry@bris.ac.uk |
| Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road, Cambridge CB4 3NY Tel: 01223 358689 Fax: 01223 300786 |
| The Citadel Waterloo Street, St. Helens WA10 1PX venue and occasional courses call 01744 735436 for details |
| The Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry School of English, Queen's University of Belfast, BT7 1NN tel 028 90 335103/4 fax 028 90 314615 email B.Caraher@qub.ac.uk |
| Courses at the Irish Writers' Centre - 19 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Details from: (3531) 8713102; e-mail: info@writerscentre.ie A full programme of creative writing is being planned. |
| Lancaster - The Department of Continuing Education at Lancaster University offers a wide range of Creative Writing courses to suit all abilities, from beginners to those who wish to publish their work. Courses take place at Lancaster University and throughout Lancashire and Cumbria, at weekends and in the evenings. For further details, contact the Department of Continuing Education, Lancaster University, Ash House, Lancaster LA1 4YT, telephone 01524 592623/4 or check the website www.lancs.ac.uk/depts/conted |
| Lauderdale House Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG Tel: 020 8348 8716 Fax: 020 8442 9099 Email: admin@lauderdale.org.uk |
| MA in Creative Arts - Writing and Reading Poetry Two-year part-time course at Liverpool Hope. For further information contact freephone 0800 0282 308 |
| MA in Poetic
Practice . Teaching will take place in 11 Gower
Street, London WC1 on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings -
5.30pm-7.30pm. The course lasts one year full-time, two years part-time. There are two core courses: Poetic Practice and New Technologies of Writing. Poetic Practice works through writing on and off the page; narratives of self and body; degrees of liveness; and site-specific writing and performance. Work by Susan Hiller, Joan Retallack, Lynn Hejinian, cris cheek, Fiona Templeton etc etc. Contemporary Technologies of Writing looks at materialities of writing; interactive webpages; animations; sound and video; webprojects ... In addition, students will work on a writing project and produce a dissertation reflecting on their project. Application forms from : The Graduate School, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX |
| MA Writing
(Poetry) Middlesex University, White Hart Lane, London N17 8HR 0800 9807300 e-mail: tmadmissions@mdx.ac.uk |
| Sarah Lawrence College MFA in Writing Graduate Studies, Sarah Lawrence College, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708-5999 Tel: (914) 395 2371 x2165 email: grad@slc.edu |
| Tongues and Grooves monthly poetry classes and
workshops in Southsea. Poetry Classes facilitated by visiting tutors
and poets. For more details contact
Maggie Sawkins on 023 9273 4180.
www.tongues-and-grooves.org.uk. |
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ACT
Writers Centre, (Canberra, Australia)
Numerous
Courses - ACT Writers Centre, Gorman House,
Ainslie Avenue, Braddon ACT (Canberra). Bookings
essential through the ACT Writers Centre on 6262 9191 or
online at
www.actwriters.org.au |
