News
Seminar Success
Another Seminar and another success - eight energised poets left Suffolk on 18 March revitalised and energised after an intensive five days of writing and talking poetry - It has left me with new friends, poets to discover, said Liz Berry, and a head fizzing with ideas.
The eight lucky poets were Liz Berry (30, London), Jamie Coward (38, Sheffield), Ramona Herdman (32, Norwich), Hannah Lowe (34, London), Alex McCrae (31, Washington DC), Fiona Moore (51, London), Jocelyn Page (44, London) and Luke Yates (27, Manchester) and were certainly a talented bunch of poets. We really look forward to reading more of their work in the future and seeing them go onto to publication and no doubt picking up a few awards along the way.
The Poetry Trust has been running this Suffolk ‘retreat/hot-house’ for poets either near, at or just beyond first collection stage at Bruisyard Hall in Suffolk for four years. The course was a great week and both the tutors and participants came away refreshed and enlivened. Let’s leave it to two of the participants to say what the week meant to them…
The seminar gave us all a great opportunity to articulate stored anxieties, concern, reflections and wisdom and to think productively about ways forward. It was fantastic to spend time with people who care as much about poetry as I do. Hannah Lowe
I will go away revitalised, with a much more vigorous approach to my practice – sorry! – my writing. What has impressed me most of all is the dedication of the staff and tutors – all of them. They really care about this stuff. Jocelyn Page
