The Poetry School

Office Address:
81 – 83 Lambeth Walk,
London SE11 6DX
www.poetryschool.com
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Tel: 0845-223-5274

I have worked for The Poetry School since it was started by Mimi Khalvati nine years ago. It now has a wide range of courses, workshops and one-off events in London and there are programmes running in other parts of the country. Phone or e-mail (see above) for a brochure.

I run two monthly courses at my home in Arnos Grove, North London, a few minutes’ walk from Arnos Grove Tube Station on the Piccadilly Line. Below are details of my Poetry School courses for 2007 - 8 more or less as they appear on the brochure. Please feel free to phone me on 020-8886-1329 or to e-mail me if you would like discuss attending one of them. If I can't offer you a place straightaway on the Prose and Poetry Workshop or Taking Writing Further I will put you on a waiting list as places do crop up and this is often the best way to join one of my groups. I will also offer advice and other suggestions.

The Prose and Poetry Workshop with Myra Schneider

This monthly workshop is for writers of some experience. Each session will include a writing exercise or a focus on a writing topic and constructive feedback on participants' work. Everyone will be invited to make comments. The autumn and spring terms will each have an extra session on a Saturday morning in which a longer writing exercise will be included. Please submit a short sample of prose or three poems to me at the address below which is also the venue:

130 Morton Way, Southgate, London N14 7AL
Wednesdays monthly 7.45 - 9.45pm

Autumn term 12 Sept, 3 Oct*, 7 Nov, 5 Dec 07
Saturday 17 Nov 07, 10.30am - 12.45pm

Spring term 9 Jan, 6 Feb, 5 Mar, 2 Apr 08
Saturday 19 Jan 07, 10.30am - 12.45pm

Summer term 7 May, 4 Jun, 2 Jul 07

£47, £38 conc. (autumn & spring terms)
£28, £23 conc. (summer term)

*October meeting changed to 10 October

Taking Your Writing Further with Myra Schneider

This monthly course is for advanced poets. We shall examine techniques relating both to subject matter and form which will offer participants different possibilities to consider as they develop their range. There will be detailed reference to the work of contemporary poets. The rest of the meeting will be devoted to in-depth criticism of participants' poems. Applicants are asked to submit 6 poems to me at the address below which is also the venue

130 Morton Way, Southgate, London N14 7AL
Thursdays monthly 1.30 - 4.30pm*

Autumn term 27 Sep, 25 Oct, 29 Nov, 20 Dec 07
Spring term 24 Jan, 21 Feb, 20 Mar
Summer term 24 Apr, 22 May, 19 Jun, 10 Jul 08

£64, £52 conc. (autumn & summer terms)
£48, £39 conc. (spring term)

*Note: Time of sessions changed to 1pm - 4pm

Invisible Mending: Poetry and Healing with Myra Schneider

This two day course will begin with a consideration of what writing therapy is. We shall discuss with examples how potent reading and writing poetry can be in offering support and try out a range of approaches and techniques for writing poems which draw on personal material. We shall also examine ways in which well known poets have written about themselves. (Submission of work not necessary.)

Venue The Poetry School, 81 - 83 Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX
Saturdays 10:30am - 4:30pm

2 Feb and 1 Mar 08
£80, £50 conc. (for the course)