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Professional development meets creativity

The Poetry Fold is an agency that uses words, literature and language as training and professional development resources in diverse environments. Our main aim is to help individual writers and artists, educators, academics and creative professionals to operate, create and communicate more effectively.

Based in the North East of England, the Poetry Fold runs courses and events, and offers services to all sorts of people. Our unique approach means that whatever inspiration you are looking for, the Poetry Fold may be able to help you realise your creative ambitions or your professional and/or academic goals.

What we can do…

…for Writers

The Poetry Fold helps writers of any genre find new paths into creative work. Read more »

…in Education

The Poetry Fold has a decade of experience delivering creative writing modules in diverse learning environments. We also specialise in bespoke inset days / modules for educators. Read more »

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New Writing course coming Apr/May 2012

There will be a new version of the innovative course, Strange Bedfellows, that will run on Monday evenings in Apr/May 2012 (avoiding Easter hols and half terms). More details will… Read more »

What people say

“The workshops are always extremely well prepared, thought provoking and imaginative both in subject content and style, with lots of time for actual writing. [Lisa Matthews, The Poetry Fold] has helped me to take my work into new territories.” — Marilyn Longstaff ~ poet

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