The next residential I’m running is at the Garsdale Retreat, from the 5th-10th March 2018. The theme of the course is Encounters and Collisions and how to use these in our own writing. We’ll be looking at encounters with animals,…
Sunday Poem – Ayelet Mckenzie
I’m writing this in the back garden today – it’s vaguely sunny here in Barrow, and now I’m running again, I like being outdoors most of the time. I’m not sure if it’s to do with circulation or what, but…
Sunday Poem – Julia Webb
I’m experimenting at the minute with fortnightly Sunday Poems, and I think it’s working! It has taken a bit of pressure off and I’m even thinking of ideas for a different type of blog post, maybe something to do with…
Sunday Poem – David Wilson
I have been in hibernation mode this week. After my marathon day of outdoor activity last week, I started to feel a little bit unwell on Sunday night. I put it down to too much activity, but by Monday I…
Sunday Poem – Catherine Ayres
A late-night instalment of the blog as I’ve spent the whole day walking round the Kentmere Horseshoe in the mist and rain with two friends and the husband. I decided last weekend, after an enjoyable hiking session up Seatallan with…
Sunday Poem – Sarah Littlefeather Demick
I’m tentatively starting this blog post by saying I’m feeling a lot better this week. It’s been two weeks and 5 days since my emergency operation, but I’ve been gradually getting back to normal for most of this week. I’m…
Sunday Poem – Penelope Shuttle
Back to my bad habits of writing my blog late at night! My excuse today is that I’ve been in Lancaster running a 10k race. I’m not even going to play it cool, pretending to drop this in…
October Residential – Guest Poet
I’m really excited to announce that Sarah Hymas will be our guest poet for the October Residential Poetry Course. She is a poet, performer and artistbook maker. Her writing has appeared in print, multimedia exhibits, dance videos, lyrics, pyrotechnical installations,…
Sunday Poem – Linda Gregerson
It is glorious sunshine today here, though half of the garden is already in shadow, now that it is mid-afternoon. The hawthorn tree is still covered in red berries, and at the bottom of the garden, the laurel bushes that we…
October Residential Poetry Course
I had a great meeting with my co-tutor Jennifer Copley today. We spent the afternoon planning the timetable and workshops that we’ll be running at our upcoming Poetry Residential at Abbot Hall Hotel in Grange-Over-Sands. The residential is running from Monday 24th…
