Monday 22 September – Friday 26 September 2025

Canolfan Ysgrifennu Tŷ Newydd Writing Centre

In ‘The Art of Voice’ the poet Tony Hoagland notes that ‘voice embodies, not any set of particular facts, but the presence of a self, a personality or a sensibility’. Over a week of guided workshops led by award-winning poets Clare Pollard and Owen Sheers and individual writing time, we will look at the ‘I’ in lyric and confessional poetry, focusing on areas such as idiolect, style, performance and the question of ‘authenticity’. We will also think about the poetic ‘other’, and how to create unique voices for characters, with reference to dramatic monologues, verbatim-inspired film poems and verse-drama. Expect one-to-one tutorials with tailored feedback on your work, lively group workshops, original exercises and prompts to get you thinking and writing in new ways and if you wish, plenty of supportive opportunities to read aloud.

More information: https://tynewydd.wales/course/poetry-the-art-of-voices/