MIDSUMMER POETRY at BRANTWOOD CONISTON
THURSDAY 15th-SATURDAY 17TH JUNE 2017 with PIPPA LITTLE
and GERALDINE GREEN
Join us at Brantwood Coniston, former home of John Ruskin, for a weekend of poetry, good food, views and company. The course will run from 2pm Thursday 15th June to 2pm Saturday June 17th 2017.
Using a variety of writing prompts and stimuli new writing will be produced. There will be an opportunity for group feedback at the end of each session and one-to-one tutorials with the tutors on Saturday morning.
Using a variety of writing prompts and stimuli new writing will be produced. There will be an opportunity for group feedback at the end of each session and one-to-one tutorials with the tutors on Saturday morning.
The gardens and grounds of Brantwood, with views across the Lake to Coniston Old Man Dow Crag and Coppermines Valley, are an ideal setting for a weekend writing course. Course participants are also welcome to look around the house free of charge during the weekend.
Course fee: £240
This includes evening meals on Thursday and Friday and lunch on Friday and Saturday.
Residential and non-residential options are available. The Lodge at Brantwood accommodates nine people in four double or twin-bedded rooms and one single. There are also local farmhouse Bed and Breakfasts, Guest Houses and the YHA in and around Coniston village.
This includes evening meals on Thursday and Friday and lunch on Friday and Saturday.
Residential and non-residential options are available. The Lodge at Brantwood accommodates nine people in four double or twin-bedded rooms and one single. There are also local farmhouse Bed and Breakfasts, Guest Houses and the YHA in and around Coniston village.
Accommodation:
Bed and Breakfast accommodation is available for those participating in Brantwood's courses. Staying at Brantwood is one of the delights of studying here, spending time in good company and immersing yourself in the whole experience. Brantwood Lodge has been newly refurbished and will sleep up to 9 people, with 2 twin rooms, 2 double rooms and a single room.
The Lodge enjoys wonderful views across Coniston Water. There is a communal kitchen/diner/living room with a wood burning stove. You can bathe in Ruskin's bath!
The BandB rate is £50 per person per room/£35 per person shared occupancy/£35 per night single room. Breakfast is provided in the kitchen for guests to help themselves to cereal, toast, fruit, yogurt. Accommodation can also be booked for partners in double/twin rooms at the same BandB rate.
Breakfast is provided in the kitchen for guests to help themselves to cereal, toast, fruit, yogurt. Accommodation can also be booked for partners in double/twin rooms at the same BandB rate.
The Coachman's Quarters, situated above the cafe, can also be booked, if required.
Bed and Breakfast accommodation is available for those participating in Brantwood's courses. Staying at Brantwood is one of the delights of studying here, spending time in good company and immersing yourself in the whole experience. Brantwood Lodge has been newly refurbished and will sleep up to 9 people, with 2 twin rooms, 2 double rooms and a single room.
The Lodge enjoys wonderful views across Coniston Water. There is a communal kitchen/diner/living room with a wood burning stove. You can bathe in Ruskin's bath!
The BandB rate is £50 per person per room/£35 per person shared occupancy/£35 per night single room. Breakfast is provided in the kitchen for guests to help themselves to cereal, toast, fruit, yogurt. Accommodation can also be booked for partners in double/twin rooms at the same BandB rate.
Breakfast is provided in the kitchen for guests to help themselves to cereal, toast, fruit, yogurt. Accommodation can also be booked for partners in double/twin rooms at the same BandB rate.
The Coachman's Quarters, situated above the cafe, can also be booked, if required.
Further information and booking is available through Brantwood
Tel: 015394 41396
early booking is advisable!
Information on the tutors can be found here:
Pippa Little
You can hear Geraldine read her 'Gondola' poem here A Day on the Gondola written as part of the project she was involved in, with the National Trust SY Gondola Poetry Project Summer 2016:
You can hear Geraldine read her 'Gondola' poem here A Day on the Gondola written as part of the project she was involved in, with the National Trust SY Gondola Poetry Project Summer 2016:
COURSE OUTLINE: June 15th-17th 2017
THURSDAY 15TH JUNE - 1pm at The Lodge: Welcome to Brantwood!
1pm – Geraldine, Pippa and Rachel to meet participants at The Lodge for refreshments. Anyone arriving before 1pm is welcome to look round Brantwood, its house and gardens. Maps of the grounds are available, please ask at Reception.
1.45pm – Meet in The Schoolroom, Brantwood, situated next to The Studio (signposted) for Welcome and Introduction to the Course. Pippa and Geraldine to explain the timetable for the weekend.
Fire exits shown by green arrows. Toilets can be found next to the Schoolroom and also by the Linton Room, situated between the Lodge and Main House.
2-3.15pm – Introduction and Welcome followed by writing prompts
3.15 – 3.30pm: Break for coffee/tea
3.30-5pm – Writing prompts continued
5-6.30pm – Free time to enjoy the grounds and/or rest
6.30pm - Gather at The Lodge
7pm – Dinner in Brantwood Cafe situated close to the Lodge
FRIDAY 16TH JUNE – Meet in The Schoolroom
9.30-11am – writing exercises using a variety of stimuli to produce new writing
11-11.15am – Break
11.15am – 12.30pm – writing exercises continued
12.30-1.30pm – LUNCH at Brantwood Cafe.
1.30-3.15pm - Outdoor writing session/reflective walk.
3.15-3.30pm – Break, tea/coffee in The Schoolroom
3.30-4.30pm - Time to write up a poem produced from the writing exercises
4.30-6pm – Free time
8-9pm – Evening Reading by Pippa, Geraldine and the Group in Brantwood Cafe
SATURDAY 17TH JUNE - Meet in The Schoolroom
10-11.30am – Writing exercises, plus one to one tutorials
11.30-11.45am – Break
11.45-1pm - Writing exercises plus one to one tutorials
1pm-2pm – light lunch at Brantwood Cafe and Depart
Please note: the Group is welcome to look round the House and Grounds over the weekend. Thank you and welcome!
photos by Geraldine Green (copyright)
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