Mark McGuinness | Creative Coach | Since 1996
Coaching for ambitious creative professionals
About 15 years ago I was lucky enough to have a one-to-one writing tutorial with the poet Seamus Heaney. This was before he won the Nobel Prize, but he was still an acknowledged superstar, someone …
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I'm thrilled to say that the issue of Magma Poetry which I edited is now available online at the UK Poetry Library website - including audio recordings of many of the featured poets. Magma is one …
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A couple of people have alerted me to the London Poetry Game, which will be played around the capital this weekend. I'm otherwise engaged so can't join in - but I'm intrigued, and thought it might …
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Hot on the heels of the Is Blogging Killing Planning? debate, Paul Feldwick has bravely stepped into the ring by suggesting that poetry and planning have things in common, and that poets and …
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Interesting piece in Campaign (2nd March) about 'Adland's Artists' - advertising luminaries who create art in their spare time, with pics of their creations and quotes about why they do it. Some of …
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The snow we saw together - has it fallen again this year? Via Basho, on my poetry blog …