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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| March 2009 |
Foyle Young Poets of the Year 2009 Open for EntriesThe Foyle Young Poets of the Year competition 2009 is open for entries. The competition, run by The Poetry Society, is open to all young writers aged 11-17. Poems can be on any theme, and of any length, and you can enter as many poems as you like. The competition closes on the 31 July 2009. For full information visit www.poetrysociety.org.uk/content/competitions/fyp/ Teachers' Workshop at The Sunday Times Oxford Literary FestivalTower Poetry are organising a Teachers' Workshop in association with The Sunday Times Oxford Literary Festival. The workshop will be held in Christ Church at 5pm on Thursday 2 April. Tickets cost £5 and are available from Tickets Oxford or the Festival Box Office.Workshop details | Buy tickets | Festival information |
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.