This special event at Christ Church, University of Oxford, marked both the launch of A Tower Miscellany, edited by Peter McDonald, and the tenth anniversary of Tower Poetry. The Miscellany… read more →
Edited by Peter McDonald, contributers to A Tower Miscellany were Paul Abbott Alex Bell Stephen Burt Olivia Cole Miriam Gamble Frances Leviston Emily Middleton Helen Mort Nicholas Pierpan C.E.J. Simons A… read more →
The 6th Tower Poetry Summer School (25-28 August) for young poets aged 18-23 was held in Christ Church. Jane Draycott and Frances Leviston have been inspiring tutors for the group… read more →
As part of the 2009 The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, Gillian Clarke with Peter Buckroyd, previously Chief Examiner, AQA GCSE English held a workshop, organised by Tower Poetry. Introduced… read more →
Poems from the Tower Poetry Summer School 2008 Edited by Jane Draycott and Frances Leviston, participants who contributed to Seasick Blue were Rees Arnott-Davies John Clegg Charlotte Geater Antony Hurley… read more →
Ten young poets were given the opportunity to develop their writing and critical skills through the annual Tower Poetry Summer School at Christ Church between 26-29 August 2008. The residential… read more →
Poems from the Tower Poetry Summer School 2007 Edited by Fiona Sampson and John Redmond, participants who contributed to Jitterwhirring were Felicity Ann Alma Sara Doron David Devanny Natalie Harding… read more →
Once again, the Tower Poetry Summer School produced some exciting new writing and enthusiastic debate under the direction of this year’s tutors, Fiona Sampson and John Redmond. The 14 students,… read more →
As part of the 2007 Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival, Tower Poetry sponsored a reading by Jo Shapcott and Glyn Maxwell in celebration of W H Auden and Louis MacNeice,… read more →
W H Auden was an undergraduate at Christ Church in the 1920s, and returned to Oxford as Professor of Poetry in the late 1950s. Near the end of his life… read more →