Author: Sue Dymoke

Sue Dymoke was a poet, Associate Professor in Education at Nottingham Trent University and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts. What They Left Behind, her third full poetry collection was published by Shoestring Press in 2018. A posthumous collection, What to do Next, was published by Shoestring Press in 2023, when there was a memorial celebration of her life in University Hall, Nottingham. Sue's memorial video can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UDDSW_HOEc&t=60s This website is maintained in her memory by her civil partner, David Belbin, but will not be updated.

Piece on Pandemic by Erin Blaney

Erin Blaney is an A level student at Bilborough College in Nottingham. She wrote her Piece on Pandemic poem very recently. We think she captures in such a spare and thought-provoking way the strange uncertainties and contradictory feelings of the times that she is living through.

First interviews completed

During what has been a very strange July and August 2020 for everyone we have really enjoyed interviewing our sample … More

Writing resources page: new additions

We have added some new links on our writing resources page to Sam Winston’s Delicate Sight project. These explore creativity … More

Update: next stage of research May – July

Thank you to all those lovely Foyle Young Poets who have signed up to participate in our Young Poets’ Stories … More

Writing resources for young poets

We are launching a new page of poetry writing resources suitable for writers aged 11 and above.

A Call Out for Foyle Young Poets

If you are a young writer who either won or received a highly commended award in The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award during 2012-2019 we would like you to think about taking part in our exciting new research project Young Poets’ Stories.