Being Open
Poetry is open to everything and everybody. Every kind of theme and form can be explored on this course. With group workshop sessions and one-to-one tutorials – but leaving ample time for private writing – the tutors will encourage and assist both the experienced writers and those just making a start with this most comprehensive and rewarding of arts.
Start Date:
Monday, 16th June 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 21st June 2008
Monday, 16th June 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 21st June 2008
Fleur Adcock
Fleur Adcock's Poems 1960-2000 is published by Bloodaxe Books. She was awarded an OBE in 1996 and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006.
Fleur Adcock's Poems 1960-2000 is published by Bloodaxe Books. She was awarded an OBE in 1996 and the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 2006.
Alan Brownjohn
Alan Brownjohn published his third volume of Collected Poems with Enitharmon Press in 2006. A former teacher and college lecturer, he is also the author of four novels and has been a regular poetry critic for national newspapers.
Alan Brownjohn published his third volume of Collected Poems with Enitharmon Press in 2006. A former teacher and college lecturer, he is also the author of four novels and has been a regular poetry critic for national newspapers.
Meg Peacocke
Meg Peacocke's collections include Speaking of the Dead (Peterloo). She has won numerous prizes including the Cholmondeley award. Meg's fourth collection, In Praise of Aunts, is published in February 2008, also with Peterloo.
This course is based at:
Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
Tel: 01422 843714
Fax: 01422 843714
Email: lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org
Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
Tel: 01422 843714
Fax: 01422 843714
Email: lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org
