Workshop - Tuesday 5 November

Cheltenham Poetry Society's next workshop will be held on Tuesday 5 Nov, 7-10pm, in the Rosalind Room, upstairs at Parmoor House, 13 Lypiatt Terrace (parallel with Lypiatt Road), Cheltenham.

We are delighted that the writing exercise will be led by Stuart Nunn.

After a coffee/tea break, we will read round poems we have already written, giving and receiving comments to help us in the editing process.

Please bring writing materials and about 6 copies of one or two poems you have already written.

Suitable for experienced poets and beginners alike.

All welcome.  £4, including refreshments.

Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces - well reviewed in SOUTH

The Society's anthology "Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces" has been well reviewed by SOUTH Magazine, with quotes from poems by Roger Turner, Sheila Spence and Robin Taylor Gilbert, as well as namechecks for Michael Newman and David Ashbee - see below:

  

Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces - Cheltenham Poetry Society, £4.99

"With a heritage connection to Tennyson and Browning and links to the Cheltenham festivals for poetry and literature, the Cheltenham Poetry Society is a distinguished group. Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces contains work from ten of its members, two of whom, David Ashbee and Michael Newman, will be familiar to regular readers of SOUTH.

This ninety page anthology is beautifully produced. Remarkable value at £4.99, it is a benchmark in self-publishing for other poetry groups. But it is not just the production values that impress - most importantly, the poetry is pretty good too!

With each poet represented by five poems, there is enough material to exemplify each individual's interests and style ... and, there is such a variety of subject matter, poems are, by turn, moving or amusing, insightful or reflective.

These accomplished poets are masters of their craft; images are unexpected or striking.
There is much to recommend in this excellent anthology. Like the Penguin Modern Poets series of the early sixties, this book is a splendid introduction to a group of contemporary poets. It is a poetry collection I'd be happy to recommend to a general reader; a book for anyone to dip into and enjoy".

Thank you to Patrick Osada for this review.

Beyond the Well-Mapped Provinces - still available.

A few copies of our anthology, featuring the work of Michael Newman, Roger Turner, David Ashbee, Stuart Nunn, Gerald O'Shaughnessy, Robin Gilbert, Michael Skaife d'Ingerthorpe, Sharon Larkin, Judi Marsh and Sheila Spence, are still available following publication in March 2013.

Please email Cheltenhampoetrysociety@gmail.com if you would like to order one.
The cost is £4.99 plus £1.50 post and packing.