November 2024: I’m stepping down from running the group and I’m delighted that Nina Parmenter is going to take over. Please email her ninaparmenter@hotmail.co.uk or subscribe to the new Trowbridge Stanza newsletter if you would like to be kept up-to-date with Trowbridge Stanza news.
Trowbridge Stanza was set up by Josephine Corcoran in 2016 and currently meets every first Saturday at Drawing Projects UK, Bridge House, Trowbridge. We’re a friendly, inclusive group, a mixture of published and unpublished poets, our age range is 16+ to 80+ and we travel to Drawing Projects UK (next to Trowbridge train station) from all over the south west region.
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SOME PAST EVENTS
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On Saturday, December 1, we enjoyed a wonderful reading by Bloodaxe poet Abigail Parry, whose book Jinx was shortlisted for this year’s Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Abigail read from Jinx, and other work, and took part in a lively and fascinating Q & A about her writing life, answering questions about this year’s Forward Prize, commissions, her route to publication, her motivations for writing, and more. Audience members listened attentively to Abigail’s poems, asked brilliant questions and read fantastic poems at the open-mic. It was wonderful to receive many appreciative tweets and messages after the event!
Josephine Corcoran 