Haunted Poetry

As winter approaches and the nights draw in, it’s the perfect time for ghosts - from gothic ruins and shadowy houses, to the haunted landscape of memory and the subconscious. Through reading and writing exercises, we’ll embrace the shadowy world of the poem - its creaking floorboards and disembodied voices, its apparitions.

About Clare Shaw

Clare Shaw (they/them) has four poetry collections with Bloodaxe. Their latest collection Towards a General Theory of Love (2022) won a Northern Writer’s Award and was a Poetry Society Book of the Year 2022. With a background in mental health and education, Clare is a keen advocate for creative writing as a tool of social and personal change. Their writing often engages with the intersections of ecology, resilience and social justice, and they work with organisations across the UK – from workplaces, schools and community groups to literary organisations like Wordsworth Grasmere, the Royal Literary Fund and the Arvon Foundation.

Zoom

These workshops will be conducted via Zoom. We have put together this simple 'How To' document to help you download Zoom, join a meeting, and navigate around the meeting features (such as adjusting video and audio, uploading files, and sharing screens).

You will receive a confirmation email from Ticket Tailor with your ticket and the Zoom invitation, containing the meeting link and Meeting ID & Password.

Someone from The Poetry Business team will be on hand prior to each workshop to offer additional help in getting connected.

There is usually a lot of interest in our workshops: in the interest of fairness, please limit yourself to one workshop ticket in every two week period.

Bursary Spaces

There are two bursary spaces available per workshop for writers from groups that are under-represented in contemporary poetry (for instance because of ethnic background) or who are experiencing financial hardship. If you would like to apply for one of these bursary places, please contact workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk

Refunds

If you no longer wish to attend the workshop please let us know by emailing us. We ask for 3 working days' notice before the workshop starts in order to offer a full refund, and enable us to offer the place to someone else.

Though we will do all we can to help you get set up with the technology it is the participants' responsibility to ensure that their camera, microphone and other computer settings are configured correctly. Please contact us (workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk) if you are concerned about getting set up for Zoom.