The University of Reading's Department of English Literature, the Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre, and the International Poetry Studies Institute, University of Canberra, invite you to a participatory symposium for practitioners and interested parties.
By focussing on some key issues in the theory and practice of lyric, this one-day symposium will explore possibilities for poetry now. A rich array of practitioners (poets, critics, and interested parties) will be in dialogue so as to address themes and concerns by reflecting on their own practices, as well as those of others. Crucial to the event is its outward-looking, international dimension, as it will feature in its panel-discussions practitioners from Australia as well as those who are UK-based.
The contributors include:
Cassandra Atherton (writer, academic and critic, IPSI)
Conor Carville (poet and academic, University of Reading)
Susie Campbell
Kate Coles
Claire Dyer (poet and novelist, convenor of the Poets’ Café, Reading)
Isabel Galleymore (poet and academic, University of Birmingham)
Sarah Hesketh
Paul Hetherington (poet, editor and Head of the International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI) at the University of Canberra)
Steven Matthews (poet and academic, University of Reading)
Paul Munden (Director of NAWE, the National Association of Writers in Education and poet, IPSI
Niall Munro (Director, Oxford Brookes Poetry Centre)
Natalie Pollard (literary critic and academic, University of Exeter)
Lesley Saunders (poet and classicist)
Jack Thacker (poet and research student, University of Bristol)
Jen Webb (poet, Distinguished Professor and Director, Creative and Cultural Research, University of Canberra and IPSI)
You can download a full programme for the day here
Everyone is welcome, but places are limited. To book a place, please e-mail Professor Peter Robinson: p.robinson@reading.ac.uk
Date: Tuesday 26 June 2018, 9:30 am-5 pm (registration from 9.00)
Venue: Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading, 6, Redlands Road, Reading, RG1 5EX