Adult Summer Workshop

Horror Poetry - Creative Writing Workshop

Name: Hereford College of Arts
Price range: $

Cost

£40
Tutor

Kate Garrett
Duration

1 Day
Dates

22nd July

A beginner-friendly creative writing course exploring horror as a genre for poetry.

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Overview

Horror as a genre and poetry as a medium share an important quality: they both aim to unsettle us in some way, and shine a little bit of torchlight into the shadows, showing us glimpses of the otherwise unseen.

This one-day workshop of writing exercises and group activities will allow you to explore various shades of horror fiction while you experiment with writing poetry, bringing the two together in wonderfully frightening ways. We’ll look closely at folk horror, eco horror, Gothic horror, and weird fiction, and think about how we use poetry to really get under the reader’s or audience’s skin.

Just bring your imagination, your nightmares, a bit of courage, and your enthusiasm for writing!

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About the Tutor

Kate Garrett is a widely published poetry, fiction, and non-fiction writer with several books to her name. These include her time-hopping verse novella Hart & Ha’penny (TwistiT Press, 2021) and horror poetry pamphlet, Deeds (Roswell Publishing, 2023), which showcase her vivid, imaginative voice. Her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net, and longlisted for a Saboteur Award.

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FAQs

All materials will be provided including paper, pens, and computers if you wish. You will also have the opportunity to buy your own materials in our on-campus shop if you want to.

This course will be held at the library on our Folly Lane campus.

This course will take place on 22nd July.

The workshop will start at 10am and finish at 4pm. You may need to arrive up to 30 minutes earlier for registration.

This course is suitable for anyone over the age of 16.

We recommend that attendees between the ages of 16 and 18 are accompanied by a parent or guardian who is also a paying participant.

This course is suitable for complete beginners and people with some creative writing experience.

We keep our class sizes small so that you benefit from a lot of contact time with the tutor. There will be a maximum of 15 people attending this course.

Yes, there will be a 45 minute break for lunch. Unfortunately, our on-campus cafe won't be open during this time, but there is a corner shop just down the road from the campus where you can buy lunch, or you can bring your own.

Light refreshments such as tea and coffee will be provided.