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,…
Change to the Poetry Carousel
Due to ill-health, Saskia Stehouwer will not be able to take part in the Poetry Carousel this year. I hope she will be able to come and tutor on a future course, and wish her a full and speedy recovery. The gap…
A Review of the 2015 Poetry Carousel
The poet Elisabeth Sennit Clough was one of the 32 participants on last year’s sold out Poetry Carousel. I asked Elisabeth to write an account of what the experience was like. If you’ve been debating about whether to come,…
Sunday Poem – Maurice Riordan
A couple of my friends have been saying to me for a while that I need to slow down and start taking it easy and I’ve pretty much been nodding, agreeing but ignoring them. It all caught up with me this week…
Fourth Tutor Announced for Poetry Workshop Carousel
I’m really excited to be able to announce that the fourth tutor for the Poetry Workshop Carousel, taking place from the 11th-13th December 2015 at Abbot Hall Hotel, Grange Over Sands will be the fantastic Amanda Dalton. I first met…
Poetry Workshop Carousel – New Residential Poetry Course, 11th-13th December
The new dates for the Poetry Workshop Carousel are the 11th-13th December 2015. Tutors confirmed so far are myself, Andrew Forster and Ian Duhig. I will hopefully be able to confirm the fourth tutor in the next couple of days or so, and it will be someone as equally fabulous as Rebecca, but fabulous in a different way.