What are the different ways of ‘veiling the narrative’ in poetry and should we try and do this at all? During this week we’ll be looking at different ways of telling a story in our poetry. Using techniques such as fragmentation and repetition, we will experiment with the idea of holding back or telling all. We’ll look at the use of images to create a narrative, and how we can construct a narrative arc in poetry.
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Tutor: Kim Moore – Poet Kim Moore’s first collection The Art of Falling (Seren, 2015) won the 2016 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. She won a Northern Writers Award in 2014, an Eric Gregory Award in 2011 and the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2010. Her pamphlet If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in the 2012 Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition. She is currently a PhD candidate at Manchester Metropolitan University and is working on her second collection. She is Co-Director of Kendal Poetry Festival. |
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Guest, Wednesday evening: Kerry Darbishire – Poet/Songwriter
Kerry Darbishire songwriter and poet grew up in the Lake District where she continues to live and write in a remote area of Cumbria. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies and magazines and have won competition prizes including shortlist Bridport 2017. Her first full poetry collection, A Lift of Wings published 2014. Her second collection, Distance Sweet on my Tongue in August 2018 both by Indigo Dreams Publishing. A biography, Kay’s Ark was published in 2016 by Handstand Press. Kerry is a co-editor of the new Cumbrian Poetry Anthology, This Place I Know. |
| PRICES | £400 fee includes eight 90 minute workshops, one, 60 minute workshop, one 30 minute individual tutorial, evening readings/entertainment including both a tutor and guest reading, afternoon chat room. |
| TO BOOK | £150 deposit payable on booking by PayPal, bank transfer or cheque, to secure place, balance due six weeks before start of course. Please see Terms and Conditions. |
| WHAT YOU WILL NEED | A reliable internet connection and access to Zoom |
| START TIME |
5.00pm on Monday – one hour introductory workshop |
| END TIME |
After evening readings on Friday |
The Garsdale Retreat Online Course Outline: 2020
Maximum 8 participants
Course begins on Monday at 5.00pm. Ends Friday evening after reading.
Monday:
Welcome (5 mins) from Hamish, followed by 1 hour workshop.
Tuesday – Friday:
Two daily workshops: 9.30 – 11.00/11.30 – 1.00pm
Afternoons: Chat-room open for participants.
Tutorials
Each student has an entitlement of 1 x 30mins tutorial in the course of the week.
These take place at a mutually convenient time one afternoon – Tuesday – Friday.
Evening Events (starting at 8.00pm)
Tuesday:
Tutor reading
Wednesday:
Guest reading (except Carol Farrelly – Thursday)
Thursday:
Live music and poetry performed by Hamish Wilson and
Rebecca Nouchette (Garsdale Retreat directors)
Friday:
Poetry Courses – group reading of anthology of work produced in the week.
Fiction/Non-Fiction courses – group reading of extracts of work written during the week.
