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. 

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.. 

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!  

 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 Magazine, Pomegranateand 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.

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.