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 – David Borrott
Firstly, apologies that this week’s Sunday Poem is late, but it will be worth it! I’ve had a busy week but my ‘days off’ (my writing days) have been full of driving and poetry and more driving. As well as…
2015 Residential Poetry Courses
It is quarter past midnight and once I’ve finished writing this, I’ll wake up and it will be the morning of New Year’s Eve. Tomorrow I’ve somehow managed to make my day quite busy but filled with nice stuff. I’ll…
Lakeland Book of the Year Awards
Evening everybody. In an attempt to not do a mammoth post on Sunday I’ve decided to do a mini update about the week so far… It’s been absolutely full of poetry, which, as you all know, is how I like…