Face to face

Browse for courses, workshops and seminars on writing and reading poetry. Our face-to-face programme is taught by professional poets at centres throughout England with activities to suit writers of all abilities

Online

Find out about the Poetry School’s range of fully interactive online courses. Live group feedback with professional poetry tutors, accessible from anywhere in the world!

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Learn poetry in your own time and at your own pace with our growing range of downloadable poetry courses, short exercises and top tips for your writing.

One-to-One tutorials

Open up your poems to individual critical attention with a one-to-one session with a tutor. A face-to-face or email tutorial gives a personalised feedback on a selection of your work.

 

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20 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Anna Selby
London: Say What?
24 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Cherry Smyth
25 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Ann Sansom
26 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Joelle Taylor
26 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Peter Sansom
North West: Strange Bedfellows
28 Jul 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Lisa Matthews
17 Aug 2013, Open to all, Workshop, Jo Bell

25% off Summer Term Courses & Workshops

A Special Offer for New Students


Free download: Art of the Notebook 

by John Siddique

John suggests the best ways to keep track of your drafts, ideas, observations and notes towards poems - never lose track of an idea again.

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Summer 2013 programme now open for booking!

Our Summer Programme for 2013 is now available for you to browse and book. Click here to search for activities happening in your area and here for more details on each specific course. You can go online or call 0207 582 1679 to book a place. Term starts 6th May. 

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Poetry School Grants

If you cannot afford the full cost of taking part in Poetry School activities, you can apply for a grant to cover up to 75% of these costs! Our grants are limited and will be awarded in advance of each term and the maximum you can apply for is £200 in any given year, though in exceptional circumstances we may be able to offer more. To apply for a grant, you will need to complete a brief form online, here.

Where we teach

The Poetry School is based in London, and runs activities throughout the country.There is also a large choice of interactive online courses every term and a growing range of downloadable resources for you to purchase and work on at your own pace. In addition, this winter we are delighted to launch our Travelling Workshop series. Now you can host your own Poetry School workshop at a time and place of your choosing!  

 

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Travelling Workshops

Meet our Students

 Mohsen Jabbari takes online courses with the Poetry School from Zanjan, Iran, where he was born. His poems have appeared online and in print in The London MagazinePomegranateand Shadowtrain, among others. Besides putting together his first chapbook, he is currently doing an MA in English Literature at the University of Tehran and preparing for a PhD in Creative Writing. Here, he talks about the culture of poetry in Iran.

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Mohsen Jabbari

Poets After Dark

Poetry School tutor, Tamar Yoseloff, and our programme and marketing officer, Julia Bird, are two of the ten poets who were commissioned to write about artworks in the Hayward Gallery’s Light Show exhibition, and then asked to perform their new poems in the gallery at the beginning of April. Tammy wrote about Cerith Wyn Evans’ pieceS=U=P=E=R=S=T=R=U=C=T=U=R=E, and Julia about Katie Paterson’s Light Bulb to Simulate Moonlight. Here, they talk about their experience.