Literature Festival Podcast
It was a pleasure for our Chair Dawn Brookes to speak to Laura and Pete from the Derbyshire Writing School on their podcast. Check out Episode 60 of the Derbyshire Writing School podcast here or via the graphic below: Pete and Laura asked Dawn What is a literary festival, and what should you expect when […]
Poetry Competition
Guest post by Olamide Shobowale What is Poetry? Poetry strings words together with intensity to express feelings and ideas using a unique style and rhythm to describe a place or tell a story. It sparks the imagination and resonates with our emotions. Poetry has been in existence for almost four thousand years and is still […]
The Minefield of Creative Writing
Guest post by Lauren Davison Introduction It’s a challenge to give creative writing an exact definition The scope of it is so vast, that it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what something has to be, in order to be categorised under the creative writing umbrella. However, Derbyshire Writing School co-founder Laura Stroud’s description of creative writing as ‘an act […]
Poetry and Us
Guest Post By Charlotte Howes What is poetry? So, what is poetry? A brief look into the soul perhaps? Or maybe a way of expression? The only thing for sure is that poetry is unique to all who read and write it. One thing that cannot be denied is that there will be a poem […]
Spring 2022 Poetry Competition
The Oakwood Literature Festival spring 2022 poetry competition is now open for submissions!