Working towards a first collection
This course is for poets keen to build and refine a body of work sufficient for a first pamphlet or a full collection. Focussing on reading and writing new poems, as well as on developing revision skills, this is a chance to work with two experienced and enthusiastic poet-editors well known for their commitment to other people’s writing.
This course is fully booked. Please call the centre if you would like to be put on the waiting list or to discuss other courses.
Start Date:
Monday, 6th October 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 11th October 2008
Monday, 6th October 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 11th October 2008
Michael Laskey
Michael Laskey’s fourth full collection The Man Alone: New and Selected Poems is out in spring 2008. Founder and, for ten years, Director of the International Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, he has also edited Smiths Knoll since 1991. Visit www.michael-laskey.co.uk.
Michael Laskey’s fourth full collection The Man Alone: New and Selected Poems is out in spring 2008. Founder and, for ten years, Director of the International Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, he has also edited Smiths Knoll since 1991. Visit www.michael-laskey.co.uk.
Jan Fortune-Wood
Jan Fortune-Wood is co-founder of Cinnamon Press, edits the journal Envoi and has published poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Her second poetry collection is Stale Bread & Miracles (Headland), and she is currently working on a further collection, Knot-work.
Matthew Hollis
Matthew Hollis is poetry editor at Faber and Faber. His own first collection is Ground Water (Jonathan Cape). Visit www.matthewhollis.com.
Matthew Hollis is poetry editor at Faber and Faber. His own first collection is Ground Water (Jonathan Cape). Visit www.matthewhollis.com.
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
