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Poetry from Art at Tate Modern photo by Masayo Matsuda                            Poetry from Art at Tate Modern photo by Katie Snooks

Would you like help with your poems? I offer workshops and courses, including Poetry from Art at Tate Modern (next course starts 25 Oct), Towards a Collection at The Poetry School 11 Feb – 18 March 2011,  Making Worlds at Chateau Ventenac in the Languedoc, France, 15–21 May 2011,  Starting to Write at The Hurst (with Courttia Newland) 11–16 Oct, and Towards a Collection Online with The Poetry School, see below for further details for all courses. You can buy the online Towards a Collection course from Paypal (scroll down) or visit http://www.poetryschool.com

"I find the classes amazing for taking me on journeys in writing I would never have embarked on by myself. The most creative poetry classes I have ever attended." Nathalie Teitler

"Just wanted to thank you for such a magical week at the Chateau, it generated lots of ideas and I had a total shift in my thinking about poetry – and life." Seraphima Kennedy

I was the Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Middlesex University 2007–9, a core course tutor on the MSt (Master of Studies in creative writing) at Oxford University 2007–9, and tutor for Tate Modern, the Arvon Foundation, and Ty Newydd. I am a mentor for Spread the Word's The Complete Works project, a co-founding tutor of The Poetry School, give workshops/talks/readings in colleges and universities, and was Poetry Editor of Poetry London for fifteen years.

 Future Courses and Workshops

 
Poetry from Art at Tate Modern
Three poetry-writing courses led by award winning poet Pascale Petit. Here is a chance to encounter Tate Modern’s magical setting in the evening when the galleries are quiet, when you can embark on an intimate dialogue with international masterpieces to develop your own poetry in unexpected directions. The courses are open to both beginners and experienced writers.

Poetry from Art: Starting Poems –Writing Every Monday from 25 October to 29 November 2010, 18.45 – 20.15
Poetry from Art: Shaping Poems – Image-making Every Monday from 28 February to 4 April 2011, 18.45 – 20.15
Poetry from Art: Art Poems and Editing Every Monday from 6 June to 11 July 2011, 18.45 – 20.15

Tate Modern throughout the galleries
Bankside, London SE1 9TG
http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/coursesworkshops/22230.htm
to book online or call 020 7887 8888
£120 (£90 concessions) per term, booking essential
Price includes entry to exhibition and drinks in the Members Room after each class

Making Worlds – poetry writing course at Chateau Ventenac in the South of France with Pascale Petit 15–21 May 2011
 For more details and bookings http://www.chateauventenac.com/writingcourses/pascalepetit.html
To book please email julia@chateauventenac.com phone ++44 (0) 7773 206344  or 0033 671 894990

 

May is the best time to experience the Languedoc. Chateau Ventenac sits beside the Canal du Midi in the South of France and offers fabulous views across the vineyards towards the Pyrenees. The surrounding landscape is of lush vineyards, wild causses, gorges and Cathar strongholds.

How can you create your own fully sensed world? What can only you write about? And how can you transform the raw material of your life into poems that surprise you and the reader? This course will encourage you to explore what is important to you as a poet and offer inspiration for new directions. There will be plenty of exercises to generate vivid imagery and fresh language, enabling you to produce new poems each day, drawing on a wealth of source material. As well as generating new work we will spend time discussing how to shape drafts into vivid and memorable art. Be prepared to extend your boundaries during an enjoyable week of hard work and laughter in the perfect surroundings of the chateau and Languedoc landscape.

There will be a maximum of ten participants.

Towards a Collection Level: Advanced Tutor: Pascale Petit Price: £10.00 When does a bunch of poems become a collection? How does a poet achieve book publication? Perhaps you have thirty poems you are pleased with and you wonder if you are ready to submit your manuscript. The aim of this course is to give guidance and advice towards compiling a collection and getting it published. This could be your first full-length book, a pamphlet, or an application for an Eric Gregory Award. Towards a Collection is divided into ten lessons. In each lesson we'll look at different aspects of the process, starting with extending your creative limits, getting a track record in magazines, compiling a pamphlet, structuring and ordering a full-length volume, the function of poem and book titles, and the rigorous editing required to prepare a manuscript for submission. We'll also consider covers, publicity, what happens when you do get accepted, and what readers and publishers might be looking for. Lessons: Extending Your Limits Getting Published in Magazines Pamphlet Publication and Other Opportunities Structuring a Collection Ordering a Collection Editing Poems Part One Editing Poems Part Two Titling Poems and Collections Submitting Manuscripts to Publishers From Manuscript to Book Online Course © Pascale Petit 2007

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