1. The general evisceration of culture at University of Edinburgh is appalling; how can a centre of learning in Scotland justify cutting these courses? Religious Studies and Scottish Literature (UG) History of Art and Scottish Literature (UG) Celtic and Scottish Lit (UG), conts.
A little sketch on the subject of accidentally biting off more than you can chew … also comes with some fascinating notes on translating Italian libretti into singable English, because you know that’ll come up at some point open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
On the Importance of Doing a Bad Job
Don Paterson on Orfeo, libretti and foot to mouth resuscitation
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The new autumn course is now up at north sea poets - we’ll be looking at all things lunar, hibernal, arboreal, equine, mythological and some other stuff where I can’t work out the adjective. get in there quick at www.northseapoets.com/courses
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Folks - I’ve posted another three-week Sunday Morning Reading Circle, starting Sept 20. We yak about great poems for two hours. That’s it. Last one was a lot of fun. Just twenty-five places - I fear most have gone, but you can grab one if you’re quick. www.northseapoets.com/events/sunda...
Sunday Morning Reading Circle with Don Paterson | North Sea Poets
Join Don Paterson on Sunday mornings 20th, 27th September & 4th October to explore great poems in an online workshop for writers and readers alike.
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Still time to join a class on Ten Key Shakespeare Sonnets next Saturday … www.northseapoets.com/onlineevents and an essay on sonnets, Shakespeare and the uses of scholarship on the NSP substack, link in reply
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Quick reminder that on weds I’ll be chatting to Joey Connolly on the increasingly fraught business of Poetry and AI. Joey is not just a fine poet, he’s one of our very few experts on this stuff - so come with questions! www.northseapoets.com/events/ai-an...
AI and Poetry: Don Paterson and Joey Connolly in Conversation | North Sea Poets
In this webinar, Don Paterson and Joey Connolly will discuss the role of AI in the future of poetry. Is it just the latest manifestation of a much older story? Are we headed for a future where human-m...
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just slapped something up at the northseapoets place on poetry, philosophy and lies … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
POETS ARE LIARS
Don Paterson on poetry, philosophy and lies
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There’s just time to book for our annual poetry read-in at Stones Barn in Cumbria. Always great fun. As evidenced by these photos from the 1970s www.tickettailor.com/events/stone...
Book Now – Don Paterson: poetry studies – Stones Barn
Don Paterson: poetry studies – Stones Barn, Fri 1 Jul 2022 - Sun 3 Jul 2022 - TITLE: Don Patterson: poetry studies DATE: Fri 1st - Sun 3rd July 2022 (3 days) PRICE: £295 (deposit to secure place £150)...
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Looking forward to chatting with that very fine poet Joey Connolly on poetry and AI on the 1st of July. Joey strikes me as one of the few who has a sensible handle on this bewildering & increasingly critical subject, so it should be a good one. Link: www.northseapoets.com/events/ai-an...
AI and Poetry: Don Paterson and Joey Connolly in Conversation | North Sea Poets
In this webinar, Don Paterson and Joey Connolly will discuss the role of AI in the future of poetry. Is it just the latest manifestation of a much older story? Are we headed for a future where human-m...
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my bairn on his grandad’s guitar … I think his bro drew that twig open.spotify.com/track/7wPatp...
Ms. Bib
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So very sorry to have had to reschedule this morning’s Heaney webinar - now on the 23rd May, when I plan not to have a vestibular migraine. Today’s tickets valid, of course. www.northseapoets.com/events/resch...
RESCHEDULED Heaney: A Style Guide — with Don Paterson | North Sea Poets
In this webinar, Don Paterson will offer a two-hour deep dive into Seamus Heaney’s distinctive style, looking at the many unusual and often idiosyncratic techniques of which it was composed.
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you’ve still just time to sign up for a webinar on Heaney’s style this weekend … www.northseapoets.com/events/heane...
Heaney: A Style Guide — with Don Paterson | North Sea Poets
In this webinar, Don Paterson will offer a two-hour deep dive into Seamus Heaney’s distinctive style, looking at the many unusual and often idiosyncratic techniques of which it was composed.
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short essay on being thoroughly intimidated by Douglas Dunn’s ‘Remembering Lunch’, over at the northseapoets place … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Learning from Dunn
Don Paterson remembers Douglas Dunn's ‘Remembering Lunch’
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Just posted a webinar where I’ll take a close look Heaney’s style, and the various techniques, stratagems & quirks of which it was composed. Should be fun. If folk are up for it, I may do a few of these. www.northseapoets.com/events/heane...
Heaney: A Style Guide — with Don Paterson | North Sea Poets
In this webinar, Don Paterson will offers a two-hour deep dive into Seamus Heaney’s distinctive style, looking at the many unusual and often idiosyncratic techniques of which it was composed.
northseapoets.com
Excellent guest post from Joey Connolly over at the north sea poets place, looking at what AI research can tell poets about their own art form … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Metrics: Machine-Tooling a New Human Poetry
NSP Guest Post! Joey Connolly on perplexity, burstiness and the strange new light AI is turning on our all-too-human art form
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Mounting a wee experiment here www.northseapoets.com/events/sunda... to see if we can recreate the legendary druidic magic of Stones Barn reading circle (still time to book here www.tickettailor.com/events/forgo... ) online. Three sessions starting in April. Sunday mornings, like church
Sunday Morning Reading Circle with Don Paterson | North Sea Poets
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Wonderful piece by Karen Solie over at the north sea poets place on reverie, deadlines and escalators … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Reverie and Deadlines
Karen Solie revisits the Army & Navy store
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It’s Burns night tonight … better check the haggis traps. I’ve slapped up something at the northseapoets place on Burns’ psychology and how ‘Tam O’Shanter’ is key to understanding his abandonment of poetry northseapoets.substack.com/p/the-burns-...
The Burns Identity
Don Paterson on the sudden disappearance of Robert Burns
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Our spring ‘writing with …’ course (this time: windows, beasts, Jack Gilbert, lost objects and much more - well three things more) has almost sold out: only a few tickets left for both weds and sat series ... www.northseapoets.com/courses
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The new North Sea Poets ‘Writing With …’ spring course has just gone live. We’re running it over seven weeks from Feb (twice, on Weds and Saturdays) – but both dates are half sold out already, so do get your skates on if you’d like to join us … www.northseapoets.com/courses
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there’s still just time to join me for the last of the winter webinars tomorrow morning - on ‘symbol’. this may be my most ambitious powerpoint yet. some of these transitions are berserk www.northseapoets.com/events-1
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essay on Heaney over at the northseapoets substack … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Heaney on the Underground
Don Paterson on Seamus Heaney's choice of words
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Just a week left to sign up for a mini-series of webinars, starting with ‘The Joy of Scansion’ on the 29th Nov. In the following weeks I’ll be looking at ideas of poetic space and symbol ... Book individually or as a 3-in-1 at www.northseapoets.com/events-1
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just posted some fluff on fluff, deadlines and how to kiss on the radio open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
North Sea Line Caught, #2: ‘Kissing on the Radio’
Don Paterson on a short history of fluff
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Lesley Harrison on excellent form, writing about bird-names, birdsong and poetry over at the northseapoets place: open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
‘Kwink’
A new essay by Lesley Harrison
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A frog poem from Reflector - my limited edition art book collaboration with #Dundee artist Stephen French: stephenfrench.art
New mini-series of winter webinars, starting with ‘The Joy of Scansion’ on the 29th Nov. Come along and we’ll erm learn to demote that strong stress! etc. We’ll look at poetic space and symbol in the following weeks ... Book individually or as a 3-in-1 at www.northseapoets.com/events-1
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