Robyn Bolam
Robyn has a D Phil from the University of York and is Emeritus Professor of Literature at St Mary's University. She has published four acclaimed poetry collections with Bloodaxe Books and edited a major anthology of women's poetry. Her libretto was performed by the Royal Opera House Garden Venture.
Describe your approach to teaching:
My approach is to simultaneously challenge and support, enabling
students to fulfil their writing potential by encouraging them to
push themselves to their imaginative limits to achieve a
distinctive voice.
What inspires your own work?
My poems often celebrate struggles for survival - in both human
society and the natural world - and how these can be overcome.
Life, love, loss, family roots and place, all provide
inspiration.
