Advanced Poetry Workshops (Online) 2023-2024
(One year. One morning per week for 20 weeks)
This higher-level course has been designed for writers with prior experience of working in poetry groups, published poets or writers who have attended poetry writing courses as part of Higher Education courses and who would like to continue exploring their professional practice, writing technique and style in practical writing sessions.
The move to online learning
Work patterns and learning patterns are changing. The technology is now available for us to move confidently into online learning. An essential part of our approach is to ensure that writers can interact on screen. It is now possible to meet online with your tutor and other writers for a live seminar. To access your online classes you simply click on the link on your course page to join your tutor and the other writers in the online classroom. You will also have a Writers’ Forum available to you, where you can stay in touch with the other writers in your group, share work and information about events, readings, web-links etc. For anyone unfamiliar with online learning, in the week before your course begins we will be offering Zoom familiarisation sessions.
We are excited at the prospect of working with writers from more diverse backgrounds both geographically and culturally.
Use of computers
It is now a standard requirement that writers on writing programmes use computers for communication and the production of work. This has become more important now that online learning is being used more extensively. Writers should ensure that they have access to a desktop computer with a video camera and good internet connection.
Overview
This course has been designed for writers with prior experience of working in poetry groups, published poets or writers who have attended poetry writing courses as part of Higher Education courses and who would like to continue exploring their professional practice, writing technique and style in practical writing sessions.
The group will meet weekly to explore and discuss aspects of poetic technique or to review work in progress. Each seminar runs for two and a half hours. These sessions will be facilitated and run by the writing tutor. There will be opportunities for poets to present work, ideas and practical exercises and to suggest topics for discussion, should they so wish. The emphasis will be on practical writing in the class as well as critiquing work in progress. Between meetings, you will be able to share work and raise questions around writing technique with other writers in the group through the interactive webpage for the course.
This course will be taught in English. All writers applying must ensure they have a good working knowledge of the English language.
Key Facts
Programme Length
One year. Maximum group size 15
Term Dates
Autumn: 2nd October – 15th December (Reading Week 23rd – 27th October)
Spring: 8th January – 22nd March (Reading Week 12th – 16th February)
Day and Time
Tuesday mornings 10 – 12.30pm
Entry requirements
No formal qualifications required
Tutor
Dr John McCullough
Fee
£550
Fees can be paid in full or at the beginning of each term. Please note, there is a £20 additional admin fee for the Autumn Term if fees are paid per term.
Autumn Term only: £295
Spring Term only: £275
International students, please note, fees must be paid in GB pounds. For further information on paying fees, please contact:
mark.slater@creativewritingprogramme.org.uk