Geraldine with her dog, Roy, Crag Head Brantwood 27th October 2015. Photo by Geoff Green
Geraldine
Green is an experienced freelance creative writing tutor, mentor
and associate editor of Poetry Bay www.poetrybay.com She was first Writer-in-Residence at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston,
Cumbria and also first Writer-in-Residence at Brantwood Coniston.
She, has worked collaboratively on projects alongside musicians, photographers, visual and digital artists and tutored on a variety of creative writing workshops including Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cont. Education Lancaster University, Adult Education Dallam Community Centre, Cumbria NHS PartnershipTrust, Society of Medical Writers, National Trust, Brantwood, Lancaster University, Suffolk Poetry Society and the University of Cumbria.
She gained a PhD in creative writing titled "An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry" from Lancaster University in 2011.
She, has worked collaboratively on projects alongside musicians, photographers, visual and digital artists and tutored on a variety of creative writing workshops including Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cont. Education Lancaster University, Adult Education Dallam Community Centre, Cumbria NHS PartnershipTrust, Society of Medical Writers, National Trust, Brantwood, Lancaster University, Suffolk Poetry Society and the University of Cumbria.
She gained a PhD in creative writing titled "An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry" from Lancaster University in 2011.
Her collections are: The
Skin and Passio {Flarestack}, Poems of a Mole Catcher’s Daughter (Palores).
The Other Side of the Bridge (Indigo
Dreams). Her latest collection Salt
Road was published in 2013 (Indigo Dreams). You can read reviews of Salt Road here:
www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/geraldine-green/4565286878
Review by Steve Matthews, Bookends, Carlisle
www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/geraldine-green/4565286878
Review by Steve Matthews, Bookends, Carlisle
Her poetry has been widely
anthologised in the UK, US and Italy and translated into German and Romanian. Talks
include: ‘On Meeting Lawrence Durrell’, Centenary Celebrations, Corfu, and ‘Ecopoetics:
The Works of John Clare and Aldo Leopold’ at The South West Texas Conference,
Albuquerque New Mexico.
Geraldine, who frequently performs
her poetry in North America, has read at WoodyFest, www.woodyguthrie.com/ on a number of occasions, including an extended poetry trip to Oklahoma and Kansas
in July 2013; alongside Jack and Adele Foley and Michael McClure, Oakland, California
2009; with George Wallace, Penelope Shuttle, Caroline Carver and Victoria Field on a poetry trip to New York, Long Island and New Hampshire in 2007, with poets George Wallace, Linda Graham and Rhonda Ward in New York City, Long Island and Connecticut 2005.
She also reads widely in the UK, venues
include: International Women’s Arts Festival Kendal, with Carol Hamilton, Janine Pommy Vega and Rhonda Ward; Everyman Theatre
Liverpool; Solfest Cumbria; Wordsworth Trust Grasmere, Cwmdonkin Drive Dylan
Thomas’s House, Swansea, Apples and Snakes Cornwall and Kendal, Ted Hughes’
Festival Calderdale Reader Development Hebden Bridge, CatStrand Theatre New Galloway; Kurt Schwitters Celebration Ambleside, alongside Jerome Rothenberg
Listen to Jack Foley read and
discuss her work here: www.kpfa.org/archive/id/81889
Read about her work here on Jerome Rothenberg's blog:
http://poemsandpoetics.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/outsider-poems-mini-anthology-in_19.html
Read about her work here on Jerome Rothenberg's blog:
http://poemsandpoetics.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/outsider-poems-mini-anthology-in_19.html
"Brantwood, still the best poetry party in town!" from one very happy participant on last August's poetry course at Brantwood.
From Suffolk Poetry Society members:
Some lovely feedback I received after the last workshop I ran
for SPS:
"I wanted to say how much I enjoyed the workshop - I
found it inspiring and supportive, and you are so warm and such fun as well...
thank you so much. I hope to work with you in the future."
"Thank you for a wonderful workshop... and thanks for
saying you don’t mind me ‘borrowing’ some of your ideas. I particularly loved
the foreign language activity. Genius!"
“About fifteen of us enjoyed a stimulating poetry workshop with
Geraldine Green last Friday. The workshop took place at UCS, and was
followed by a delicious meal, poetry reading by Geraldine and Open Mic session
at Arlington's in Ipswich.
The day of poetry was organised by Ian Griffiths and The
Suffolk Poetry Society. I, for one, came away with pages of draft poems
and raw material on subjects as diverse as gooseberries and the Caryatids on the
Erechtheion in Athens!
Geraldine's relaxed approach gave us the confidence to experiment, and
we enjoyed sharing our efforts - and making new friends in the process. I never
cease to be amazed (and impressed!) by the care and neat hand writing employed
by some poets in their initial phase of drafting.” – Caroline Gill
and some more rather lovely things about my workshops!
SOME LOVELY FEEDBACK
FROM PARTICIPANTS ON TWO RESIDENTIAL COURSES
JUNE 2014, BODY PARTS
WITH PENELOPE SHUTTLE /GERALDINE GREEN, SWARTHMOOR HALL
SUMMER SOLTICE POETRY
WITH GEORGE WALLACE/GERALDINE GREEN, BRANTRWOOD CONISTON - Plus very positive things to say about both venues, Swarthmoor Hall and
Brantwood Coniston:
Did the workshop meet your expectations? More than! It was a lovely group of people
Would you recommend it to others? Unreservedly!
Which aspects of the workshop did you like most? Everything!
Geraldine & Penny
were fab 5 star tutors
Were the handouts helpful?
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Yes!
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More than
helpful they were great!
Were the workshops well planned by the tutors?
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Absolutely!
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Brilliant!
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Yes, and
very stimulating
Did you enjoy them?
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Yes, and challenging too
Would you come on this workshop again?
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Definitely
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Yes!
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Yes
Where did you find out about the workshop?
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Geraldine.
I came last year and wanted to come again.
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From a
previous workshop with Geraldine
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From the
internet
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From
Facebook
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From Penny
Which aspects of the workshop did you like most? The group warmth and collaboration, the fast
exercises, i.e. the immediate, time-limited tasks
Would you recommend it to others? Yes!
Yes, for these tutors.
In overall terms did the workshop meet your expectations?
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Yes, exceeded!
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100% and
more!
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Exceeded!
Any final thoughts?
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I feel
stimulated and supported, thank you!
·
Thank you
so much. I have learned such a lot in 3 days! You have given me the tools and
inspiration to move on with my writing. I leave excited, inspired and pen
poised. Thank you.
• “I've been on Geraldine's face-to-face and online
workshops and have also booked her to lead several workshops in the past. All
her workshops that I've been to have been inspirational so I highly recommend
her as a workshop facilitator. She brings her poetry expertise and knowledge to
the workshops so I always come away with poems that I’ve written, but also
names of interesting poets to read more of. Another thing I love is that
Geraldine creates a lovely supportive group in her workshops and manages to
include everyone regardless of whether they are experienced or a beginner or
have learning disabilities.” - Carol Ross
• "I thought the (National Trust Create by the
Lake) workshop was very well facilitated, you [Geraldine] really encouraged
participants to think creatively and to feel comfortable with sharing what they
had produced. You had a lovely manner with people and we would definitely call
on your expertise again with future creative writing events. I really look
forward to working with you again in the future. I think it's great to do
really creative activities in the outdoors, it worked really well on the site.
The only thing that people said in their feedback was more time, so we'll have
to think about that again in the future!" - Naomi Hewitt Project
Manager, National Trust Derwentwater Foreshore Project, Keswick, Cumbria
· Feedback emailed
to me from Anna Turner, from a poetry workshop I ran in October for Calderdale Reader Development and The Elmet
Trust, Hebden Bridge:
http://www.theelmettrust.co.uk/
In response to the
question: "Was there anything you particularly liked about the day?” The
following responses were received:
“Giving and receiving feedback from everyone in the groups – esp.
Geraldine’s workshop. Everyone feeling confident to comment and risk.”
“Geraldine’s workshop was very warm and friendly”
“I enjoyed the afternoon writing exercises with Geraldine Green”
“Great group with Geraldine Green!”
• “I've been on Geraldine's face-to-face and online workshops and have also booked her to lead several workshops in the past. All her workshops that I've been to have been inspirational so I highly recommend her as a workshop facilitator. She brings her poetry expertise and knowledge to the workshops so I always come away with poems that I’ve written, but also names of interesting poets to read more of. Another thing I love is that Geraldine creates a lovely supportive group in her workshops and manages to include everyone regardless of whether they are experienced or a beginner or have learning disabilities.” - Carol Ross
• "I thought the (National Trust Create by the Lake) workshop was very well facilitated, you [Geraldine] really encouraged participants to think creatively and to feel comfortable with sharing what they had produced. You had a lovely manner with people and we would definitely call on your expertise again with future creative writing events. I really look forward to working with you again in the future. I think it's great to do really creative activities in the outdoors, it worked really well on the site. The only thing that people said in their feedback was more time, so we'll have to think about that again in the future!" - Naomi Hewitt Project Manager, National Trust Derwentwater Foreshore Project, Keswick, Cumbria
· Feedback emailed to me from Anna Turner, from a poetry workshop I ran in October for Calderdale Reader Development and The Elmet Trust, Hebden Bridge:
http://www.theelmettrust.co.uk/
In response to the question: "Was there anything you particularly liked about the day?” The following responses were received:
Giving and receiving feedback from everyone in the groups – esp. Geraldine’s workshop. Everyone feeling confident to comment and risk.”Giving and receiving feedback from everyone in the group – esp. Geraldine’s workshop. Everyone feeling confident to comment and risk”
“Geraldine’s workshop was very warm and friendly”
“I enjoyed the afternoon writing exercises with Geraldine Green”
“Great group with Geraldine Green!”
Please contact me via Poetry PF www.poetrypf.co.uk
if you're interested in my running a creative writing workshop, giving a reading or a talk - thanks!
