Freedom and Care: Maggie Nelson in Conversation with Seán Hewitt, 2 July 2021 Online, Friday 2 July 2021, 7-8.30pm Watch Here Maggie Nelson is the author of several books of poetry and prose,... Read More Troubling Care: Nat Raha, Bhanu Kapil and Raymond Antrobus – 1 July 2021 Online, Thursday 1 July 2021, 7-8.30pm Watch Here Featuring three of the most exciting writers working in the UK –... Read More Inter-species Care: Maya Chowdhry and Mama D Ujuaje in Conversation with Eva Giraud – 30 June 2021 Online, Wednesday 30 June 2021, 7-8.30pm (BST) Watch Here For this event, researcher and facilitator Mama D Ujuaje and writer... Read More Care and Waiting: Marion Coutts in Conversation with Laura Salisbury – 29 June 2021 Online, Tuesday 29 June 2021, 7-8.30pm (BST) Watch Here Marion Coutts’ award-winning memoir The Iceberg was written in response to the diagnosis,... Read More Care for the Stranded: Astrida Neimanis – 28 June 2021 Online, Monday 28 June 2021, 7-8.30pm Watch Here Under conditions of anthropogenic climate change, colonialism, militarism, and global capitalism, the... Read More Care in the Time of Covid: Michael Rosen in Conversation – 25 June 2021 Online, Friday 25 June 2021, 7-8.30pm (BST) Watch Here Poet, broadcaster, children’s author and columnist, Michael Rosen is a prodigious... Read More Five Bodies Workshop and Reading, May 2021: ‘On the Notational’ with Maureen N. McLane On Wednesday 12 May 2021, an international group of artists, writers and researchers gathered for the sixth and final... Read More Critical Poetics Summer School 2021 – Full Programme and Deadline Extension We are delighted to announce the programme for 2021 Critical Poetics Summer School – Critical Poetics: Care Of… To... Read More NTU English Research Seminar, Dr Rebecca Kosick: ‘Let the Poets Teach Us to Read’ – Wednesday 5 May 2021 On Wednesday 5th May 2021, we were joined by Dr Rebecca Kosick (University of Bristol) for the second CPRG-hosted... Read More Creative Reading Group: On Care Connected to the theme of our inaugural Summer School, we’re delighted to announce that Critical Poetics Research Group member Linda... Read More Five Bodies Workshop and Reading, April 2021: ‘On Verticality’ with J. R. Carpenter On the Wednesday 14 March 2021, the CPRG was joined by artist, writer, researcher and performer, J. R. Carpenter,... Read More Five Bodies Workshop and Reading, March 2021: ‘On Surrounding’ with Simone White On the 10 March 2021, the CPRG welcomed poet and academic Simone White to deliver the fourth session in... Read More NTU English Research Seminar, Dr Holly Corfield Carr – 3 March 2021 On Wednesday 3rd March, Dr Holly Corfield Carr was invited by the Critical Poetics Research Group to deliver a paper... Read More Five Bodies Critical Creative Workshop and Poetry Reading – Feb 2021 (Johanna Hedva) On Wednesday 10th February 2021, an international group of artists, writers and researchers gathered for the third time... Read More CPRG Summer School 2021 – ‘Critical Poetics: Care Of…’ We are delighted to announce the inaugural Critical Poetics Summer School, which will take place online from Friday 25th June to... Read More A Celebration of the Dial-a-Poem App – Nov 2020 On Wednesday 25th November 2020, the Nottingham Creative Writing Hub hosted Dial-a-Poem, a celebration of the Dial-a-Poem app, developed as... Read More Five Bodies Workshop and Reading with James Goodwin – Dec 2020 On Wednesday 9th December 2020, an international group of artists, writers and researchers gathered for the second time in the Five Bodies... Read More Creative-Critical Workshop with Nisha Ramayya – Nov 2020 On Wednesday 11th November 2020, seventeen participants from across the UK and beyond came together for the first session... Read More NTU English Research Seminar, Dr Jack Thacker: ‘Versus: Georgic Reworkings’ – November 2020 On Wednesday 25th November, the first talk in the 2020-21 English Research Seminar series at NTU featured Dr Jack Thacker,... Read More NTU PhD Studentships in Critical Poetics The 2021 NTU PhD Studentship Scheme is now open to applicants interested in working with the Critical Poetics Research Group.... Read More Five Bodies: Critical Poetics Workshops Full Programme – 2020-2021 A collaboration between the Critical Poetics Research Group at Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham Contemporary, featuring international guest speakers, this series of... Read More Five Bodies / Critical Poetics Workshops A collaboration between the Critical Poetics Research Group at Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham Contemporary, featuring international guest speakers, this series of... Read More CP Research Seminar – 4 March 2020 On Wednesday 4 March, 2020, Sam Buchan-Watts delivered a Critical Poetics Research Seminar entitled ‘Try To Be Better’. Read More CP Research Seminar – 26 February On Wednesday 26 February, the CPRG welcomed Rebecca Cullen to give a paper for the Critical Poetics Research Seminar series, entitled... Read More Immersive Game Lab & Commission Critical Poetics Research Group Member, Dr Lynda Clark, a Research and Development Fellow in Narrative and Play at the University... Read More Critical Poetics Research Seminar – 19 February 2020 On 19 February, the CPRG hosted Mathelinda Nabugodi as part of the Critical Poetics Research Seminar series at NTU, where... Read More PhD in Critical Poetics – bursaries available Interested in doing a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing? The Critical Poetics Research Group invites applications to NTU’s 2020... Read More Dial-a-Poem competition Sorry, but you do not have permission to view this content. Read More Critical Poetics in Colombia! This summer, Sarah Jackson ran a Critical Poetics writing workshop at the Centro Colombo Americano in Pereira, Colombia. Collaborating with... Read More New Publication – Writing the Contemporary We are delighted to announce the publication of Writing the Contemporary: Poetry and Postcards from UNESCO Cities of Literature (Trent Editions... Read More
