Mar 9-14
Totleigh Barton
Poetry
Poetry
A Big Leap Forward
Mimi Khalvati
Zaffar Kunial
Guest: Holly Pester
Last few places left
POETRY
Risks to transformations
Risks to transformations
Monday March 30th - Saturday April 4th 2020
The Hurst
Whether you are beginning to write, or have been writing for a while and want to develop something that feels like your own particular style, this course offers you an opportunity to take risks with your writing. Together we will explore the potential for creating a distinctive voice, experimenting with both poetic form and ideas about what it is a poem can do.
Single room price: £850
Tutor
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Jo Shapcott’s most recent collection, Of Mutability, won the Costa Book Award (Poetry). In 2011 she was awarded…
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Deryn Rees-Jones is a poet, critic, and editor of the Pavilion Poetry series (Liverpool University Press). Her most recent book of…
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Bhanu Kapil is the author of five books of poetry and prose: The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, …
The Hurst is a place you can write, far away from daily distractions. The house and gardens, surrounded by the forest-covered Shropshire Hills, were the former home of playwright John Osborne.
Monday
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Arrive late afternoon, settle in, enjoy dinner and the tutors’ introduction to the week in the evening.
Tuesday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. Tutors read from their work in the evening.
Wednesday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. In the evening a guest speaker joins the group.
Thursday
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Morning workshops led by tutors. Afternoons are your time for writing and one-to-one tutorials. You are free to spend this evening as you wish.
Friday
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Tutors lead the final workshops in the morning. In the evening everyone gets together to share and celebrate their work.
Saturday
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The week comes to a close after breakfast. Have a tissue handy to say your farewells to the group.
Mar 9-14
Totleigh Barton
Poetry
A Big Leap Forward
Apr 20-25
Totleigh Barton
Poetry
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Jun 15-20
Totleigh Barton
Poetry
Mining personal histories
Aug 17-22
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Making the most of the external world
Aug 31-Sep 5
Lumb Bank
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Exploring the lyric self
Oct 12-17
The Hurst
Poetry
Developing the character of your own poetry
Oct 19-24
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A week of formal and narrative play
Nov 2-7
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Poetry
Form, freedom and discovery
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