Poetry Masterclass with Matt Abbott (available now!)
Third and final in our masterclass series, is Matt Abbott's workshop in which he provides a number of triggers for writing about personal history, ones that get attendees re inspired to jot down a few lines that could lead to substantial poems.
Matt's follows the masterclasses of Anthony Anaxagorou and Caroline Bird (see Youtube links below), all still free for you to use, though we are always...
31st March 2025
I Sing to the Greenhearts: Maggie Harris, Seren
Maggie Harris was born in Guyana and now lives in Broadstairs, Kent. She has won the Guyana Prize for Literature, was regional winner of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2014, and won the Wales Poetry Award in 2020. She has worked as a creative writing tutor, reader development worker and Internat...
27th March 2025
Sighs in Blyth: Elaine Cusack marks 40 years in poetry with pamphlet launch and reunion reading
A north-east poet who was first published as a teenager by Bloodaxe Books is celebrating 40 years of writing poetry by launching a new pamphlet next month. Elaine Cusack’s launch event also marks a re...
23rd March 2025
Write Out Loud’s sell-out Poetry Masterclasses are back!
Want to give your poetry a boost with new ideas, new skills, and new challenges? Here's how: watch the videos of our series of masterclasses from professional poets at the top of their game.
Write...
23rd March 2025
Faber to publish 'definitive' edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry
Faber is to publish The Poems of Seamus Heaney later this year, edited by Rosie Lavan and Bernard O’Donoghue with Matthew Hollis. It’s described as the definitive edition of Heaney’s poetry, featurin...
21st March 2025
Spot imposter AI poems on World Poetry Day!
What will you be doing on World Poetry Day, Friday 21 March? North Tyneside council’s Northumberland Park has come up with a topical and possibly controversial idea – an AI poetry trail around the par...
20th March 2025
Significant Wow: Emily Cotterill, Seren
This first full-length collection by Cardiff-based poet Emily Cotterill follows on from her debut poetry pamphlet The Day of the Flying Ants published by Smith / Doorstop in 2019 which was selected by...
13th March 2025
Teesside poets say fond farewell to Smokestack
It was a foggy night on Teesside and a warm if slightly melancholy evening for the final farewell of Smokestack Books, which publisher Andy Croft closed for new titles last Christmas after 20 years. P...
10th March 2025
‘We’ll be back …’: closing words of compere at Words on the Wall ‘finale’
All good things must come to an end – or at least, a pause, in the case of Hexham’s very popular poetry event Words on the Wall. There was an impressive turnout for what masterly compere Joe Williams ...
10th March 2025
Foyle Young Poet Lewis Corry featured on Poems on the Underground
This year’s Spring Poems on the Underground posters include Foyle Young Poet Lewis Corry. The poster set was launched with readings outside the tube station at Covent Garden by Lewis, plus poets Niall...
6th March 2025
Simon Armitage returns to Marsden on latest leg of libraries tour
The poet laureate, Simon Armitage, is lining up the next leg of his 10-year tour of the UK’s libraries. Each spring this decade, Armitage is giving readings in libraries across the UK and his journey...
3rd March 2025
‘I’m always thinking of lines and looking for inspiration’: learning lessons from youngsters in school’s poetry group
Most readers coming to this site will be interested in the future of poetry in changing times. The Bookseller announced in December 2023 that poetry was “on course for a record year”, partly due to an...
3rd March 2025
Janus: Catherine Ayres, Indigo Dreams
Sometimes slim volumes open up much bigger worlds and pack a punch beyond 30 pages of text. The title and the cover of Janus suggest a gaze, both forward and backward. The structure of the book, thoug...
3rd March 2025
