Poetry at Warwick
About
Poetry at Warwick was established by Emma Mason in 2016 to bring together colleagues across the university with critical interests in poetry and poetics from all periods. Our focus is on showcasing colleagues' ongoing critical work on poetry and providing a space in which to advertise workshops and conferences in the field. If you wish to be listed on our pages, or kept up to date with events, please email Mae.Losasso@warwick.ac.uk or Stacey.McDowell@warwick.ac.uk.
The site's main image is 'Mylar void poetics' (Digital art from photos ©2015 Michael Dickel), reproduced with the kind permission of the artist and poet Michael Dickel.
Research
Ecopoetics at Warwick
Beyond nature writing, ecopoetics ranges from the making and study of pastoral and wilderness poetry to the intersection of poetry and animal studies, or from the poetics of urban environments to poets' responses to disasters and matters of environmental justice.
Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics
Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics, which seeks to publish the best contemporary scholarship on poetry from across the world, is edited by Professor Dan Katz.
Publications
For a comprehensive list of PAW-associated publications, click here.
Latest
> Lilac Cube #05
Lilac Cube #05 will take place on Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at Southbound Café-Bar in Leamington Spa, featuring readings by Will Harris, Mary Jean Chan and Mantra Mukim. Doors at 6:30, readings from 7. Entry is free and all are welcome. This event is being hosted in collaboration with Sequoia Zine.
> Student PoetryFest
Three Weeks of Poetry and Performance. Seven events, three weeks, all free:
Thu 26 Feb, 5–6:15 pm | Jane Commane OC1.01, Oculus Building Coventry-born poet and publisher Jane Commane launches Assembly Lines with opening poet Aanu Akintola.
Mon 2 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | You Must Not Come Lightly! FAB0.20, FAB Building Warwick Poetry Society shares readings inspired by Stephen King’s On Writing.
Thu 5 Mar, 5–6:15 pm | Jonathan Edwards OC1.01, Oculus Building Costa Award-winning poet and alum Jonathan Edwards reads with opener Fig Leary.
Mon 9 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | UniSlam Reading FAB0.20, FAB Building Warwick’s slam champs perform live, including University Slam Champion Aanu Akintola.
Thu 12 Mar, 5–6:15 pm | Cathy Galvin OC1.01, Oculus Building Launch of Ethnology: A Love Song for Connemara by poet and alum Cathy Galvin.
Thu 12 Mar, 7–8:30 pm | The Agora Poets Invite You… JX2.03, The Junction Open mic hosted by Agora Poets. To perform, RSVP claire.cunningham@warwick.ac.uk
Mon 16 Mar, 1–1:45 pm | Concordia: Voices in Harmony FAB0.20, FAB Building Poetry anthology launch and student reading.
