As a poet these days, you are expected to read your work at festivals and events, in pubs, theatres, fields and on hillsides. This course aims to help build confidence and help poets find their reading style, arming them with some practical techniques and creating a space in which to get feedback on performance skills.

The course will include:

• voice techniques and breath
• microphone techniques
• combating nerves
• adapting to venues (festivals, tents, pubs, reading for radio)
• memorizing versus reading

As well as a chance for writers to practice reading aloud and get feedback from peers and the course leaders.