Booking will close on Monday 26th September 2025 at 12 noon.
Due to limited resources, we are UNABLE TO ACCEPT LATE BOOKINGS after this date.
This course will be held in Room 1S06 of the Dalhousie Building, University of Dundee.
Wednesday afternoons 2.00 - 4.00 p.m. for five weeks, 1st October - 29th October 2025.
This course will introduce participants to the basic tenets for writing poetry. This will be done via taught information, exercises in writing poems and examination of the breadth of what contemporary poetry is and can be. No previous experience required but experienced writers also welcome
Tutor: Knotbrook Taylor
Angus based poet. His first chapbook ‘Beatitudes’ was published in 2007.
The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses commissioned his second collection ‘Scottish Lighthouse Poems’ which was published in 2011 and explored the rich history and arcane knowledge related to lighthouses in Scotland.
In 2014 he won the Erbacce international poetry prize for his collection ‘Ping-Pong In The Rain’. A book which explores the juxtaposition of random ideas within a poem and finds connections. Themes exploring love, death and the film Bladerunner.
In 2022 his book The Year Of The Lark (a personal chronicle of the pandemic) was also published by Erbacce.
Course code: 09 107
Enquiries should be sent to: lifelonglearningdundee@gmail.com
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