Summer School 2012
The 8th Tower Poetry Summer School for young poets aged 18-23 will be held in Christ Church, Oxford from 28-31 August 2012. The tutors will be Alan Gillis (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) and Kevin Young (Emory University, Atlanta, USA).
Tower Poetry,
Christ Church,
Oxford, OX1 1DP
Tel: 01865 286591
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| July 2008 |
Tower Poetry Review : July 2008The latest edition of Tower Poetry Review is available to download, showcasing new poetry from some of the rising young stars in British poetry, as well as the usual stimulating mix of reviews, news and events, and weblinks. Jitterwhirring: Poems from Tower Poetry 2008 available to orderJitterwhirring is a new collection of forty-two poems written during the annual Tower Poetry Summer School in August 2007. Previous winners of the Christopher Tower poetry competitions in 2006 and 2007, as well as other young writers, worked with Fiona Sampson and John Redmond to produce poems with a remarkable range of voice and fluency. The collection will be published on 27 August 2008 and is available now to pre-order.More information | order form (139kb) |
About Tower Poetry
Tower Poetry exists to encourage and challenge everyone who reads or writes poetry. Funded by a generous bequest to Christ Church, Oxford, by the late Christopher Tower, the aims of Tower Poetry are clear: to stimulate an enjoyment and critical appreciation of poetry, particularly among young people in education, and to challenge people to write their own poetry. Creative writing should be a central element in literary education, and learning about writing poetry can help students to think about ways of reading poetry.
Publications
Poems from the 7th Tower Poetry Summer School 2010
Edited by Daljit Nagra and Jo Shapcott
The Twelve contains 56 poems from the 12 young poets who attended the Summer School.