Pamphlet Launch Premiere – The New Poets’ Prize 2019/20
Join us tonight, 1st June 2020 at 7pm for our online première of the New Poets' Prize pamphlets 2019/20....
Poet in Residence
“Jack Daw” by Polly Atkin
This week’s writing exercise invites readers to write about a living thing (be it animal, bird, plant, insect etc) that ...
David Tait interviews Polly Atkin
In early 2017 I had the good fortune to come back to the UK to undertake a Clarissa Luard Award ...
Writing Exercise using Caroline Smith’s poem “Lime Tree Honey”
This week’s writing exercise invites readers to write about the journey of a significant object or personal family heirloom, using ...
David Tait Interviews John McCullough
In early 2017 I had the good fortune to come back to the UK to undertake a Clarissa Luard Award Residency at The Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere...
Digital Poet in Residence Profile
David Tait is the author of four Smith|Doorstop collections: 'Love's Loose Ends'; 'Three Dragon Day'; 'Self Portrait with The Happiness' and 'The AQI'....
Winter is Coming: Smog Sketches
A number of my students love watching Game of Thrones and a number of the younger students quote from it directly....