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Welcome to the Poetry School


The Poetry School offers a programme of classes to teach adults to write poetry. From the ongoing commitment of a year-long course to a burst of inspiration from a one-day workshop, we offer poets of all levels the opportunity to improve their skills. We are open to everyone, regardless of qualifications or experience.

The Poetry School started life in 1997 in London and continues to flourish there. As we have grown, we have established teaching centres in Manchester, Liverpool, Exeter, Bath, Bristol, Birmingham, Durham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Norwich and Cambridge as well as a growing range of online activities.

Latest News

Rommi Smith in Middlesbrough - places available!
Poet and playwright Rommi Smith (click here to go to her website) will be at the Thistle Hotel in Middlesbrough this Saturday 13 February for a practical, focused writing exploration of the relationship between music and poetry. A workshop for fine tuning a phrase and making your poems sing!
For more information and to book click here...

Coming soon: summer term programme !
The new brochure with courses and workshops for the summer term including a summer school in London and for the first time in Manchester, will come out mid-February. If you want to receive a printed programme in the post, make sure you're on our database with the correct postal address.
Click here to register to receive the programme and/or email updates ...

Publishing Your Poetry with Carrie Etter
Do you have poems which are ready for publication? This lively and practical workshop covers the basics of submission to magazines and takes you through the process of analyzing a magazine to determine its appropriateness for your own work. We're running this workshop in Bath on Saturday 20 February and in Manchester on Saturday 13 March.
Bath - for more information and to book click here
Manchester - for more information and to book click here

Transatlantic Poets: a reading course, Spring Term
Please note that John McAuliffe will now be teaching this course in Autumn 2010 rather than Spring 2010. Further details and dates to follow.


Programme 2009/2010
Programme 2009/2010


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The wide-ranging, challenging and enlightening programme offered by the Poetry School makes it the very best place for poets to learn how to write even better poems.

- Sarah Maguire

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