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Due to the vagaries of the transport system this workshop will start at 14:10 instead of the usual time of 14:00 hours
Wintering
In this workshop we will think about cosying down for the winter and finding warmth and light in those long, chilly days. We will explore the concept of ‘Hygge’ (the Scandinavian art of being cosy) and look at a selection of poems to complement our seasonal theme.
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Greta Stoddart: On Silence, Self-Knowledge &
Judging the National Poetry Competition
With the deadline of the 31st of October a little over a month away we caught up with Greta Stoddart, National Poetry Competition judge for 2022, about her writing, reading and current ontological entanglements
You can read Greta’s interview here.
Greta is one of the three judges for this years competition along with Jason Allen-Paisant, Associate Professor of Aesthetic Theory and Decolonial Thought at the University of Leeds, and Michael Symmons Roberts, winner of the Whitbread Prize for poetry
You can read more about the judges here.
Best of luck in the National Poetry Competition! We look forward to receiving your poems.
Best wishes,
Olive Franklin
Competition Team
31 October 2022
The much loved Seamus Kelly will facilitate our September workshop.
Seamus has called the workshop “Place and Time”
To take part, the Place is Touchstones, Rochdale and the time is Thursday 1st September 2-4
all welcome
Super-Sub Ray Stearn was brought off the bench for the August Workshop. He facilitated a session called “Aesop’s Fables Revisited” and delivered exactly what it said on the tin.
