www.pascalepetit.co.uk

Welcome to the website of UK poet Pascale Petit. Her sixth collection Fauverie is shortlisted for the 2014 T S Eliot Prize. Five poems from the book won the Manchester Poetry Prize. Her fifth collection What the Water Gave Me: Poems after Frida Kahlo was shortlisted for both the T S Eliot Prize and Wales Book of the Year, and was a Book of the Year in the Observer. Pascale has had four books shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize and selected as Books of the Year in the Times Literary Supplement, Independent and Observer. She tutors courses at Tate Modern and for The Poetry School.

News and Events

Fauverie is shortlisted for the 2014 TS Eliot Prize. Pascale Petit will read for the TS Eliot Prize Readings at the Royal Festival Hall, London, 7pm Sunday 11 January 2015
http://www.poetrybooks.co.uk/projects/4/
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/ts-eliot-prize-readings-87858

Pascale Petit is awarded a residency at Gladstone's Library. She will be Writer in Residence for one month in April 2015
http://www.gladstoneslibrary.org/blog/2014/11/26/gladstones-library-announces-next-years-writers-re/

'My Father's Wardrobe' a poem from Fauverie is The Saturday Poem in the Guardian, Saturday 18 October 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/18/saturday-poem-my-fathers-wardrobe-pascale-petit

'Caracal' a poem from Fauverie is Carol Rumens' Poem of the Week in the Guardian, Monday 29 September 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/29/poem-of-the-week-caracal-by-pascale-petit


Launch readings for Fauverie

Wymondham Words Festival, Norfolk, 7.30-10pm Friday evening 19 September 2014
http://www.wymondhamarts.com/#/wymondham-words/4541501933

Kings Lynn Poetry Festival, 7.30pm Friday 26 September 2014
http://www.lynnlitfests.com/Next_Festival.html

Contemporary Nature Poetry at London Zoo 1-2pm Saturday 4 October 2014
Readers Fiona Sampson, Ruth Padel, Nial Campbell, Pascale Petit
http://www.zsl.org/zsl-london-zoo/whats-on/contemporary-nature-poetry

The Times and The Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival 4- 5pm, Tuesday 7 October 2014
Readers Ruth Padel and Pascale Petit, Tickets £5
http://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2014/poetry-cafe/

Manchester Literature Festival, Living Worlds Gallery at Manchester Museum, 7.30pm Wednesday evening 8 October 2014
http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/pascale-petit-34566

Resurgence Festival of Wellbeing, Bishopsgate Institute, London EC2M 4QH, Saturday 11 October 2014
http://www.resurgence.org/take-part/resurgence-events/wellbeing-festival-2014.html

On the Border reading Helen Dunmore and Pascale Petit 7.30pm Saturday 25 October 2014
The Drill Hall, Lower Church Street, Chepstow, Monmouthshire, South Wales info@poetryontheborder.org
http://www.poetryontheborder.org/

London launch at Seven Dials Club, London, 8–10.00pm, short reading at 8.30pm Tuesday 11 November 2014
42 Earlham Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9LA

Lumb Bank Arvon Centre, guest reader for poetry course with David Morley and Caroline Bird, Wednesday 19 November 2014

Roehampton Poetry Centre reading series 7pm Wednesday 10 December 2014
Don Paterson and Pascale Petit (doors open 6.30pm)
Senate Hall, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
For more details and to book click here

TS Eliot Prize Readings at the Royal Festival Hall, South Bank, 7pm Sunday 11 January 2015
http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/ts-eliot-prize-readings-87858?dt=2015-01-11

Next Generation Poets Tour at Keats House, London, Thursday 19 February 2015
Daljit Nagra, Jane Yeh, Pascale Petit & Alex MacDonald
http://nextgenerationpoets.com/events/

Poetry at the Room, Tottenham Hale, London, 7.30m Saturday 7 February 2015
http://the-room.org.uk/performances/poetry/

First Thursdays at Chapter Arts, Cardiff, spring 2015 (tba)

Bridlington Poetry Festival, Friday 19 June 2015

Dromineer Literary Festival, Tipperary, Ireland, Saturday 3 October, 2015
 

Myth-Making: a Poetry Course at Ty Newydd tutors Daljit Nagra and Pascale Petit 27 July – 1st August 2015
guest reader is Liz Berry
http://www.llenyddiaethcymru.org/myth-making-a-poetry-course/  
How do you bring an old myth vibrantly to life? Or, how can you transform your life into a brand new myth? You’ll be encouraged to let your imagination fly, no holds barred on the magical or the raw. The emphasis will be to write as boldly, as colourfully, and as deeply as you dare. Workshops to spark poems, one-to-ones, and precious writing time will all be supplied.

The Spirit of Things: Poetry of the Body, a six-week course at Tate Modern led by Pascale Petit, Mondays 6.45 – 8.15 16 February – 23rd March 2015
http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/courses-and-workshops/spirit-things-poetry-body
a six-week course in the galleries led by Pascale Petit
£150 (concessions available)Call +44 (0)20 7887 8888
Bankside, London SE1 9TG

Advanced Poetry Writing courses at The Poetry School led by Pascale Petit, 30 weeks of 3 terms, spring term starts 21 January 2015 SPRING TERM FULLY BOOKED
There are two classes each 10-week term on Wednesdays, one at 4–6pm and one at 6.45–8.45pm
Advanced Poetry Writing afternoons http://www.poetryschool.com/courses-workshops/face-to-face/advanced-poetry-writing---afternoons-2014-15.php
Advanced Poetry Writing evenings http://www.poetryschool.com/courses-workshops/face-to-face/advanced-poetry-writing---evenings-2014-15.php