The Verandah

     
     
    Writing, poetry, mindfulness & creative projects
    Online workshops, readings & masterclasses

    Pull up a chair on my verandah in the dappled sunlight, one of my favourite places: half inside, half outside, a bridge where some of the best conversations & creativity happen.

    New programme 2021/22: Who are We Now? UK and Australia poets exploring courageous connections with our land and people in the 2020s.

    Masterclass tutors include Mona Arshi, Malika Booker, Caroline Bird, Mimi Khalvati, Glyn Maxwell, Annie Finch, Dai George, Judith Beveridge, Karen McCarthy Woolf, Hannah Lowe, Cath Drake, Paul Hetherington and Cassandra Atherton. Poets who have contributed to events also incluce Craig Santos Perez, Toshini Doshi, Ellen van Neerven.

     Any problems with bookings LET ME KNOW.  It’s probably easier to book using a PC. When you book put the timing in your diary. Joining info is sent out at least a couple of days in advance – if you don’t receive it check your spam folder and then get in touch. 

     

    March 2023

    The Climate of Change Poetry Workshops, 2023 – UK morning

    Four online workshops of reading, discussing, writing poetry and inspiring each other.   These poetry workshops focus on climate change and facing climate change will involve adapting almost everything we do. It means looking at the world afresh, more deeply and questioning structures, lifestyles and cultural assumptions – everything! ...
    23 Mar - 18 May
    9:00 am - 12:30 pm
    Online (Zoom)
    REGISTER

    The Climate of Change Poetry Workshops, 2023 – UK evening

    Four online workshops of reading, discussing, writing poetry and inspiring each other.   These poetry workshops focus on climate change and facing climate change will involve adapting almost everything we do. It means looking at the world afresh, more deeply and questioning structures, lifestyles and cultural assumptions – everything! ...
    23 Mar - 18 May
    Online (Zoom)
    REGISTER
    May 2023

    The Art of the Poetic Line, Masterclass with Judith Beveridge, 11/5/23 Sold Out

    The art of the line break is an essential skill for all poets... In a free verse poem, the line breaks are of vital importance, lines without an attentive approach to where the line-endings occur can end up sounding flaccid and prose-like. We will look at examples of poems that use the line and line endings to great effect and also do some writing exercises to help with understanding the free-verse line. ...
    11 May
    10:00 am - 12:30 pm
    Online (Zoom)
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