Booking information

This interactive online course takes place in our Virtual Learning Environment 'Moodle'

Duration: Five fortnightly sessions

Type: Interactive Online Course
Level: Open to all
Location:

Details

Start date: Monday 9th Jan 2012

Session times: Mondays, fortnightly 7-9pm

Cost:

Full cost:£69.00
60+:£55.00
Concs:£42.00

Face to face

'No Surprise for the writer, no surprise for the reader'

Whether you’re just setting out on your journey into poetry or have already been on the road a while, Robert Frost’s statement rings true. Taking this idea as our jumping-off point, we’ll pull apart some of the ways that poets create surprise – such as line breaks, word choice, structure and tone – then use the writing exercises try to put them back together in our own ways. Meanwhile, we’ll play with a few tricks to help get your writing brain into the mood to surprise you.

Please note: You need to register at least two weeks before the start date in order to complete the first online course task.

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Andrew Philip

Andrew Philip is part of a significant group of younger Scottish poets gaining recognition throughout and beyond the UK. He has published two pamphlets and a full collection of his work, The Ambulance Box (Salt, 2009), which was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Centre Prize for Poetry 2010, the Scottish Arts Council first book award 2010 and the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize 2009.