Poetry

Poetry Hour

Regularly chaired by Jim Stewart in the University's College Hall, this successful series of free late-afternoon events has attracted young and old, students and public, to readings by poets like Tim Morris, Gordon Meade, Andy Jackson and Jim Stewart himself. The after-reading exchange of thought between audience and artist was particularly popular, and a new round of 'hours' is planned for the autumn. With people like Tracey Herd agreeing to come on board, the Poetry Hour promises to increasingly glitter in the firmament of the Literary Dundee calendar.

Poetry in Creative Writing

The importance of Poetry, or poetics, to various genres of creative writing is irrefutable, and the 'Wordcraft' sessions tutored by Jim Stewart play a suitably prominent part in many undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the university. Even prosifiers on the modules benefit from the transferable skills in these more broadly-pitched sessions. Entry to these courses depends upon submission of written work in advance to Kirsty Gunn at k.j.gunn@dundee.ac.uk and/or to Jim Stewart at j.c.q.stewart@dundee.ac.uk. Poetry, in a more specific and more narrowly-defined form, is the subject of modules under Jim Stewart's tutelage planned for the autumn/winter Continuing Education programme at the university. 'Making a Poem' is the first module, and Jim describes this as a pre-requisite for the three subsequent modules. More Info.

Poetry at the Dundee Literary Festival

Jim Stewart will be offering Poetry Workshops, details of which are currently being finalised and will shortly be made available both here and on the Festival page of this website. And... poetry workshops, run by Jim, are also to play an important part in this year's planned Summer School in Creative Writing based at Hospitalfield Residential Arts Centre in Arbroath. Watch here closely for details.

Please let us know about your poetry event - send information to literarydundee@gmail.com and we'll post the details for you on here.