What's on - Upcoming tutors

Julia Casterton - photographed at Word for Word in March 2006

Until her sad death on 27th February 2007, our monthly critical workshops were run by Julia Casterton, the author of Creative Writing - A Practical Guide (Macmillan), three collections of poems and the forthcoming Step-by-Step Guide to Writing Poetry.  Her new collection of poems  "The Doves of Finisterre" from the Rialto Press has just won the Jerwood Prize 

Judy Gahagan has kindly agreed to step in at very short notice and lead the Critical workshops.  I will obtain some biographical details for Judy and post them here as soon as I can.

Miriam Halahmy (pictured) has published two poetry collections, a novel, a resource for school and is currently completing a children's story book.  Her poetry, articles and book reviews have been widely published and she has contributed articles and a chapter to books in the field of writing for personal development.  Miriam was Chair of Lapidus 2003 - 2005, the national literary organisation for writing for personal development and is Poetry Editor of The Lapidus Quarterly.  She is a member of the Highgate Poetry Society, a founder member of writers for peace, bringing together Jewish/Muslim and Israeli/Palestinian writers and has recently convened a North London critque group for children's writing, under the auspices of SCWBI.  Miriam has been running creative writing workshops in a variety of settings for several years and particularly enjoys working with other writers

Mimi Khalvati has published five collections of poetry with Carcanet Press, including In White Ink, Mirrorwork, Entries on Light and, most recently, The Chine.  Her Selected Poems was published in 2000.  She is the founder of The Poetry School and is co-editor of the School's two anthologies of new writing, Tying the Song and Entering The Tapestry.

Cheryl Moskowitz is a poet, playwright and novelist with many years of teaching and workshop experience. She tutors on the Creative Writing and Personal Development MA at Sussex University and has taught Creative Writing in a variety of settings including the London Jewish Cultural Centre, City University and Holloway Women's Prison. From 1999 - 2001 she was the regular weekly tutor for Word for Word writer's group at Hornsey Library. She has been resident writer on several writers-in-schools projects and has been responsible for the designing and running of numerous creative writing projects for libraries, museums and art galleries nationally including the Barbican Arts Centre, the Poetry Society and the National Archives. She was a founding member of LAPIDUS (National Association for Literary Arts and Personal Development) and is an active member of NAWE (National Association of Writers in Education) acting as a mentor for members from both organisations. Her plays have been performed widely and her poems are published in several anthologies. Her novel, Wyoming Trail, was published by Granta in 1998. Most recently, she won fourth prize in the short story section of the London Writer's Competition 2006

Tamar Yoseloff was born in the US in 1965. Her first full collection, Sweetheart (Slow Dancer, 1998) was a Poetry Book Society Special Commendation and the winner of the Aldeburgh Festival Prize. She received a bursary from London Arts for her second collection, Barnard's Star, published by Enitharmon in November 2004. She is the Programme Co-ordinator and a tutor for The Poetry School and also teaches creative writing at Birkbeck, University of London. She received an M.Phil in Writing from the University of Glamorgan in 2003.  To see some of her work, click here