Dates: 08/10/2025 - 10/12/2025

Location: Room G.H03, University of Bristol Arts Complex, 7 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB

8 week course, (no classes 29 October or 19 November)
Wednesdays 6 pm to 8 pm

Poetry Now uses excerpts from recent poetry collections as a springboard for discussions about the current craft and context of contemporary poetry, as well as for prompts for your own work. Each week will include in-class exercises and dedicated time to work on your own pieces, culminating in a celebration session of reading and feedback.

Please note there will be two breaks in this course and therefore no classes on 29 October (half-term) or 19 November (reading week). Additional reading and tasks will be provided for students to do at home during reading week.

Dr. Suzannah V. Evans is a poet, researcher, and educator. Her debut full poetry collection is Under the Blue (Bloomsbury Poetry, September 2025). She is the author of Brightwork and Marine Objects / Some Language, and the editor of All Keyboards are Legitimate: Versions of Jules Laforgue (Guillemot Press). A chapter of her work appears in Carcanet’s anthology New Poetries VIII. Her poetry has been awarded the Ivan Juritz Prize for Creative Experiment and a Northern Writers’ Award, performed at international festivals, and broadcast on BBC Radio. She holds an AHRC-funded PhD in modern poetry and has taught literature and creative writing widely in higher and adult education.

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Contact Info:
English-Lifelong@bristol.ac.uk
0117 455 8271

Detailed Description

Short Courses refund policy:

Refunds for our short courses are only to be given in exceptional circumstances and no less than one month before the course is due to start.

Refunds for a course already started cannot be accepted.

If a student is unable to attend a course before it has begun and there is a waiting list, refunds can be granted should their place be successfully transferred to a person on the waiting list.

Refunds will only be processed once receipt of the waiting list student’s fee has been confirmed and can take up to three weeks.

For full terms and conditions please visit www.bristol.ac.uk/english/study/part-time/short-courses/booking-information-and-terms-and-conditions/.