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Welcome to the official website of poet Pascale Petit. 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). The UK edition was shortlisted for both the TS Eliot Prize and Wales Book of the Year, and was a book of the year in the Observer. Five poems from her sixth collection Fauverie won the 2013 Manchester Poetry Prize. Seren will publish the book in September 2014. News and events Advanced Poetry Workshop for The Poetry School Wednesdays 18th September 2013 until Wednesday July 23rd 2014 Summer Term has 2 classes: 4-6pm and 6.45 - 8.45pm 7th May to 23rd July 2014 Pascale is tutoring two advanced poetry workshops 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 Email: administration@poetryschool.com To book and for more info click here.
  London Zoo Writing Course – Poetry Workshop at the Zoo, 10am - 5pm Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 April 2014 Tutors Pascale Petit and Astrid Alben. Book by phone: 0844 225 1826 Mon to Sun (8.30am-5.30pm) Cost: £200 To register please email Steve Marriot at arts@zsl.org http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/poetry-workshop This course Not so far from the gods, not so far from the beasts either is for anyone who wants to develop their writing skills while thinking and learning about animals, the environment and conservation issues. As well as the encounter day at ZSL London Zoo on Saturday, where you will get the opportunity to view the animals and speak to the keepers, this intense weekend course will comprise of workshops where you will write through exercises and have tutor feedback. Writers of poetry, prose and non-fiction are all welcome. 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.  Poetry and Serious Play: Matisse, Words and Paper, a course at Tate Modern, Mondays 18.45 - 20.15, 2 June - 7 July 2014 Led by poet Pascale Petit Tate Modern throughout the galleries, Bankside, London SE1 9TG http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/courses-and-workshops/poetry-and-serious-play-matisse-words-and-paper to book online or call 020 7887 8888 £150 (concs available). Price includes free drinks in the Members Room after each class
Dylan Thomas, Surrealism and Popular Culture, A Dylan Odyssey, 1.30-4.30pm Saturday 14 June 2014 Poet Pascale Petit and Melissa Munro will guide us on an exclusive Dylan Thomas-themed walk and viewing at the National Museum Cardiff, starting with the museum's Surrealist collections Start/Finish point: Entrance steps of the National Museum Cardiff, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NP Ticket price £17 (£15) Light refreshments and canapés included. http://www.literaturewales.org/book-odyssey-tickets/ Developing Personal Myths from Indigenous Traditions – Ty Newydd residential course in North Wales 14-19 July 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  (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 Dinefwr Literature Festival, West Wales, 7pm Friday 29 June 2012 Pascale Petit in conversation with critic Jasper Rees about Poetry and Painting and her latest collection What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo Inaugural festival in Dinefwr Park and Castle, Carmarthenshire http://www.dinefwrliteraturefestival.co.uk/pascale-petit-on-poetry-and-painting
   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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