www.pascalepetit.co.uk |
|
LATEST NEWS & EVENTS
FAUVERIE & EFFIGIES
WHAT THE WATER GAVE ME
THE TREEKEEPER'S TALE
THE HUNTRESS
THE ZOO FATHER
ABOUT PASCALE PETIT
WORKSHOPS AND COURSES
TRAVEL & TRANSLATIONS
EMAIL / LINKS / SCULPTURES
|
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 October 2014. News and events Advanced Poetry Workshop for The Poetry School Wednesdays 18th September 2013 until Wednesday July 9th 2014 Spring Term has 2 classes: 4-6pm and 6.45 - 8.45pm 5th Feb to 9th April 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. WORD International Women's Day Special with Pascale Petit, Y Theatre, Leicester 8-10.30pm Tuesday 4 March 2014 7 East Street, LE1 6EY Leicester http://wordpoetryleic.blogspot.co.uk/ £4 (£3) Box Office: 0116 255 7066 (Performers please arrive by 7pm) word@wordpoetry.co.uk
Kent & Sussex Poetry Society Pascale Petit reads and announces competition winners, 8pm 15 April 2014 First Prize £1,000 More details: http://kentandsussexpoetry.com/the-kent-sussex-poetry-society-open-competition/ Camden Centre, Market Square, Royal Victoria Centre, Tunbridge Wells TN1 2SW £3 (students £2) For more details (01892) 662781 kentandsussexpoetry@gmail.com   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) booking link to ZSL website tba soon To register please email Steve Marriot at arts@zsl.org or call 0207 449 6551 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.  Effigies – Drawings by Lawand, Poems by Pascale Petit, a collaboration between Syrian Kurdish painter Lawand and Pascale Petit, available to buy here Pascale Petit was commissioned by the A. M. Qattan Foundation to write poems for a publication with Lawand on the occasion of his exhibition Equinox, Between Beirut and London more info here: http://www.mosaicrooms.org/effigies-a-m-qattan/ The Mosaic Rooms, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW Tel: 020 7370 9990 or email info@mosaicrooms.org 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  SOLD OUT (next course is June/July 2014)Writing Poetry: Taking a Line for a Walk, a course at Tate Modern, Mondays 18.45 - 20.15, 21 Oct - 25 Nov 2013 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/writing-poetry-taking-line-walk to book online or call 020 7887 8888 £140 (concs available). Price includes free drinks in the Members Room after each class
 SOLD OUT (my 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 Petit is guest reader for Lumb Bank Arvon Centre poetry course with David Morley and Caroline Bird on Wednesday 19th November 2014
 
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
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ©2014 www.pascalepetit.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
