Poetry School Treats

Julia Bird · Guest

Poetry Tutorials in association with Spread the Word

The Poetry School has joined forces with Spread the Word (our neighbours in Lambeth Walk) to set up a series of drop in one-to-one sessions for writers looking for some in-depth feedback on their work. Daljit Nagra, Saradha Soobrayen or Tim Dooley will spend an hour with you, looking at a 90 line selection of your poems.

Venue: the Poetry School classroom, 81 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX
Dates: Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th July
Times: hour long sessions, to suit
Fee: £70 (£50 concs)

To book visit http://www.spreadtheword.org.uk/index.php?id=events&event=525

Poetry School Garden Party in Manchester

To raise funds for the Poetry School Bursary Fund - an afternoon of poetry, music, wine and food. There will be a poetry quiz and readings by the illustrious tutors of the Poetry School Manchester and others including Carol Ann Duffy, Grevel Lindop, Alicia Stubbersfield, John Siddique, Ann Sansom, Matthew Welton, John McAuliffe, Linda Chase, James Davies, Vona Groarke. The aim of the day is to celebrate poetry in the lovely garden setting of the Manchester School.

Poetry Book Stall
If you have any second hand poetry books to donate, please ring Keith on 01606 301 647 so that collection can be arranged. Poets, might you contribute new signed copies of your books?

Auction
Bid on unusual lots which might include a meal out with a well known poet, tuition in writing poetry for children, a marked-up proof copy of a new book, tuition in writing haiku or a postal critique on your own poems by tutors from the Poetry School.

What if it rains?
If the weather looks iffy, please bring an umbrella to use between the various covered spaces. But, of course, the sun always shines in Manchester!

Venue: The Tai Chi Village Hall, behind the house at 163 Palatine Road, Manchester M20 2GH
Dates: Sunday 22nd June
Time: 2-6pm
Free entry

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Poetry and Autobiography extra

One day workshop with Graham Fawcett
at the Poetry School, Lambeth Walk SE11
Saturday 13th September 2008
10.30am-4.30pm
£40 (£30 concs)

A follow-up session for students on Graham's Autumn 2007 Poetry & Autobiography course in London and the online version from www.poetryschool.com. A day of close reading, feedback and discussion of poems you have written or begun inspired by the first half of both these courses.

Messages, Notes and Whispers: other listings

* the hub is looking to commission four spoken word artists to create new material for their Phrased & confused festival tent, which will be part of this year's
Summer Sundae Weekender in Leicesterbetween 8-10th August. £1,000 fee - more details at www.phrasedandconfused.co.uk

* Contemporary Poetry and its Geographies: An Interdisciplinary Conference, Faculty of English, University of Cambridge, 11 October 2008 - Call for Papers. Twenty-minute papers for panel discussion are sought from literary critics, scholars and geographers. More details from and please send abstracts (no more than 250 words) to contemporarypoetry.geographies@yahoo.co.uk by 1August 2008.

* Human:Nature is a literary festival taking place in Norwich and Norfolk on the theme of the environment. Features J M Coetzee, C K Williams, Gwyneth Lewis, Gretel Ehrlich, Mark Cocker, Susan Fletcher, Mimi Khalvati and many others. More details at www.newwritingpartnership.org.uk/worlds

* Poetry OtherWise 17 - 23rd August 2008. A week of workshops and events for poets, writers and all lovers of language. Contributing poets include Roselle Angwin, Mimi Khalvati, Andie Lewenstein, Janis Mackay, Paul Matthews and Hugo Williams. More at www.poetryotherwise.org

* The Arvon International Poetry Competition 2008 is now open. This year’s judges are Moniza Alvi, Andrew Motion and Alice Oswald. Prizes of £11,000. Deadline – 15th August. Submit poems online at www.arvonfoundation.org/poetry

* Poetry London Summer 2008 launch reading - Foyles, Charing Cross Road, London. Wednesday 18 June 6.30pm, free. Readings by: Bill Manhire, Pauline Stainer, Fred D’Aguiar, Greta Stoddart