🤓We’ll open on Sat 11 May with poems by Newcastle University students inspired by local landmark Morden Tower 📚(intro’d by poet & lecturer John Challis) as well as a performance by The Peoples Theatre Youth Group 🎭inspired by Shields Road, Heaton 🌲

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This will be a very special event with poets Fleur Adcock & Liz Berry celebrating their most recent collections, including Fleur’s ‘Collected Poems’ and Liz’s ‘The Home Child’ 📚
Sat 11 May, 3.30-4.30pm

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Lots of interesting events lined up at NCLA' Newcastle Poetry Festival next week, including this PoetryBookSoc Northern Poetry Symposium panel discussion on ‘Poetry of Witness and Refuge’ featuring Carolyn Forché and Marjorie Lotfi.

Poems on the Underground feature on poets appearing at NCLA's Newcastle Poetry Festival next week, including Imtiaz Dharker, #FleurAdcock , Carolyn Forché & Marjorie Lotfi. Details of events: bloodaxebooks.com/events?article…

'While one might have expected an update of Prynne’s already monumental Poems, the arrival of more than 700 pages of new work is a remarkable turn of events.' - david wheatley, Guardian Books, on JH Prynne's Poems 2016-2024 (out next month Bloodaxe Books).
theguardian.com/books/2024/may…

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OUR 2024 Zoom workshop series starts Tuesday (7th May) and runs right through to Nov 26th. There are limited spaces on most workshops if you're quick! Feat Rachel Long Helen Mort Pascale Petit FRSL🍉🕊️🌱 Jane Yeh & more! Come to one, to three or all of 'em! tinyurl.com/3bp9cnrd❤️

Want to find all of Kim Addonizio London dates in one simple place? Then click here! msha.ke/thewritingscho…. RT’s very, very welcome! Come and work with a modern poetic great. Thanks to @writerznscribez for the support x

On the 30th of May Kim Addonizio will be reading from her new collection ‘Exit Opera’ and will be in conversation with the poetry powerhouse hannahlowepoet at Burley Fisher Books buytickets.at/thewritingscho…

We’re also thrilled to announce that May 29th will see Kim reading as part of an amazing line-up at BatterseaArtsCentre along with the awesome Jaxx Dillon and Rachel Long buytickets.at/thewritingscho…

Second workshop with Kim Addonizio is on May 30th. This time it’s writing about Memory. In person, in Clapham. eventbrite.com/e/writing-and-…

First workshop with Kim Addonizio is on Love Poems on May 29th in Clapham. eventbrite.com/e/love-poems-a…

We have unbelievably exciting news… we’re going to be hosting the legendary Kim Addonizio in London next month! Tickets will be on sale from 7pm for FOUR!!!!! events with Kim. PLUS she will be hosting special guests including Rachel Long hannahlowepoet @dillonjaxx

Free Kim Addonizio tickets? 🎫 We’re offering a pair of free tickets to Kim’s reading at BatterseaArtsCentre on May 29th. To win just follow The Writing School and tag someone else in with this tickets link msha.ke/thewritingscho…. Winner drawn at random on Monday evening at 10pm🤞

_”Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place.'- Zora Neale Hurston_
Come and learn to crawl with the best in the business. Kim Addonizio’s readings and workshops in London later this month includes a masterclass on writing love poems. thewritingschool.co.uk/kim-addonizio-…

Writing this #bankholiday ?

“Whatever the subject, fill your poetry with curiosity + an excitement for language. Tone, language, form – all of these tools bring the poem to life in the imagination, intellect + heart of the reader. Send me your living, breathing poems!” @shareclaw

A grey morning on the banks of the Shannon but wonderful atmosphere at Strokestown Poetry Festival. Come and join us - ⁦Mary O'Donnell⁩ and I will be reading tonight at 7.30. ⁦Dedalus Press⁩ ⁦Salmon Poetry⁩ ⁦Bloodaxe Books⁩

Newcastle! One of my favorite places in the world.

Poetry review – Soul Feast: Stuart Henson browses a Bloodaxe anthology of poems offering hope and light: londongrip.co.uk/2024/05/soul-f…

Once again it’s pouring! Sitting in the school car park trying to manifest myself somewhere warmer with the beautiful words of #HelenDunmore #InsideTheWave ⁦Bloodaxe Books⁩