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FAUVERIE
WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME
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Welcome to the website of poet Pascale Petit. Five poems from her sixth collection Fauverie (published September 2014) won the 2013 Manchester Poetry Prize. Pascale's fifth collection What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo was published by Seren in the UK (2010) and Black Lawrence Press in the US (2011). It was shortlisted for both the TS Eliot Prize and Wales Book of the Year, and was a book of the year in the Observer. News and events Selected poems Fauverie is published in China Advanced Poetry Writing at The Poetry School. Two new courses start Wednesdays 17 September 2014 There are 2 classes: 4-6pm http://www.poetryschool.com/courses-workshops/face-to-face/advanced-poetry-writing---afternoons-2014-15.php 6.45 - 8.45pm http://www.poetryschool.com/courses-workshops/face-to-face/advanced-poetry-writing---evenings-2014-15.php Pascale is tutoring two Advanced Poetry Writing courses in 3 x 10 week terms, Wednesday 4-6pm and 6.45 -8.45pm The Poetry School, Lambeth Walk, London SE11 6DX Tel: 0207 582 1679 To apply send 3 poems to: administration@poetryschool.com  Launch readings for FauverieWymondham Words Festival Norfolk, Friday evening 19 September 2014 Kings Lynn Poetry Festival 26 - 28 September 2014 Contemporary Nature Poetry at London Zoo during literature week 1-2pm Saturday 4 October 2014 (tbc) London launch at Yorkshire Grey pub, 6.30-8.30pm, short reading at 7pm Thursday 16 October 2014 First Thursdays at Chapter Arts, Cardiff Thursday 6 November, 2014 Lumb Bank Arvon Centre guest reader for poetry course with David Morley and Caroline Bird, Wednesday 19 November 2014 Pascale Petit is delighted to announce she is mentoring Warsan Shire for The Complete Works II http://thecompleteworks.net/ Warsan Shire has been appointed the first Young Poet Laureate for London and is the unanimous winner of the 2013 inaugural Brunel African Poetry Prize.  Water Spirit Norval Morrisseau Developing Personal Myths from Indigenous Traditions – Ty Newydd residential course in North Wales 14-19 July 2014  (next Sky in the Eye course is in summer 2015)Sky in the Eye: Developing Creativity Using Women Surrealists' Art as a Palette Ty Newydd residential course in North Wales, 15 - 20 July 2013 Led by poet Pascale Petit and filmmaker Pamela Robertson-Pearce Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy, Cricieth, Gwynedd LL52 0LW To book phone 01766 522811 or email: tynewydd@literaturewales.org http://www.literaturewales.org/c/15296/i/142422/h/232857/?language_id=1 This course will develop creativity and free the imagination through women surrealists’ art and practices. Whether you are a poet, prose writer, visual artist, or just interested in the potential of surrealism to energise your work, this course will help you find an authentic voice for a sustained art practice.
 
Pascale went to Shanghai in Dec 2011 to take part in a translation project as Visiting Poetry Fellow at Fudan University. Read her account on UEA's New Writing Net: http://www.newwriting.net/writing/translation/chinese-water-and-bronze-demons    Belgrade Poetry Festival 29 May – 2 June 2012 Pascale Petit attended the Belgrade Poetry Festival to launch the Serbian edition of her second poetry collection The Zoo Father (published by Treci Trg), translated by Milan Dobricic. The cover is designed by Dragana Nikolic and there are eleven illustrations inside. To purchase see publisher's website: http://www.trecitrg.org.rs Poetry School Online: Towards a Collection downloable course an online course by Pascale Petit for advanced poets preparing a first collection is available on The Poetry School website £10 for the course. For more details click here http://www.poetryschool.com/courses/onlinecourses.php?cid=3 Poetry from Art pamphlet launch Saturday 24 September 2011   Copyright Tate, photographed by Ana Escobar, Poetry from Art book launch 2011 (please do not use without permission from Tate) Tate Modern published a pamphlet of poems by the poets on the Poetry from Art 2011 summer course, edited by Pascale Petit There was a public reading to launch the anthology which is now available from the Tate Modern bookshop. http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/eventseducation/coursesworkshops/24136.htm Metamorphoses: Pascale Petit took part in the first translation conference in Algiers, organised by EUNIC in partnership with the British Council, 21-25 April 2012 Yellow Mountain Poetry Festival in UK
The British Council's New Silk Road, Kazahkstan
Tobias Hill and Pascale Petit led workshops with 28 Kazakh and Uzbek writers Almaty, Kazakhstan
From Kathmandu: Pratik the Special Contemporary British Poetry issue
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