Come to Lumb Bank, the former house of Ted Hughes and now an Arvon writing house, for a week all about writing poetry

Experiment with ways into writing, produce fresh material, learn how to ‘beat the block’ and explore new ideas in a focused and supportive atmosphere. A perfect week if you are new to poetry and looking to gain the confidence to keep writing.

Tutors:
Karen McCarthy Woolf is a poet and editor whose work has been exhibited on London Underground, commissioned as an installation and broadcast on radio. Her chapbook The
Worshipful Company of Pomegranate Slicers was a New Statesman Book of the Year.
Cliff Yates’ collections include Henry’s Clock (winner of the Aldeburgh Prize and the Poetry Business Competition) and Frank Freeman’s Dancing School. He is the author of Jumpstart Poetry in the Secondary School.
Guest Liz Berry is a poet and teacher. She won the Poetry London Competition 2012, received an Eric Gregory Award in 2009 and her pamphlet is The Patron Saint of Schoolgirls.
www.lizberrypoetry.co.uk

Arvon’s residential writing courses run from Monday afternoon to Saturday morning. Each course is tutored by two professional writers plus a guest writer who visits mid-week to read their work and answer your questions. There are daily workshops over four days running from Tuesday to Friday, and a one-to-one tutorial with each tutor too.