After many years at the University of Edinburgh, poet and author Jim C Wilson’s Poetry in Practice sessions have been based at the Scottish Poetry Library. The next course will consist of 10 sessions. Each session will take place on a Tuesday afternoon from 1.45 pm to 3.45 pm in Meeting Room One. The first meeting will be on Tuesday 16th September.
There are 10 places available. Enrolment (online only) begins on the 18th of August.
One ticket covers all 10 weeks and is £150.
The core activity of each session will be detailed analysis and constructive criticism of poems by three or four group members. There will also be consideration of various forms (sonnet, sestina, cinquain, etc.) and news about publications and events. From time to time, poems by established writers, past and present, will also be examined. And Poetry in Practice has developed a unique approach to the renga (Japanese linked poem), producing one verse each week!
Material for each session will be emailed to members several days in advance and they should download this and bring it with them on Tuesday afternoons.
For more information about the course contact Jim at jcw.verse@live.co.uk
For ticket enquiries contact the SPL reception@spl.org.uk or call 0131
About Jim C Wilson
Jim C Wilson’s poetry and prose has been widely published for over 40 years. He has had five poetry collections published and has poems in many anthologies, including The Edinburgh Book of 20th-century Scottish Poetry (Edinburgh University Press) and 100 Favourite Scottish Poems (Luath Press). He was the Scottish Arts Council Writer-in-Residence at Stirling Library and has been tutor to various writers’ groups. He ran his Poetry in Practice course at the University of Edinburgh from 1994 until 2019 and was the Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Napier University and Edinburgh University. He was a member of Edinburgh’s Shore Poets for eight years.
Website: www.jimcwilson.com
