Learn the links between psychology and creativity with poet Wendy Cope
Wendy Cope © Caroline Forbes
On Saturday June 26th 2010 poet Wendy Cope will discuss her work and the relationship between psychoanalysis and creativity with psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz at a forthcoming Connecting Conversations event.
Wendy Cope is well-loved for her humorous and poignant take on life, relationships and the literary world. She will talk to psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz about the relationship between psychoanalysis and creativity, the concept of poetry as psychotherapy and the effect of Cope’s psychoanalysis on her writing.
Wendy Cope read history at Oxford and worked as a primary school teacher before becoming a freelance writer. She received the Cholmondeley Award in 1987 and the Michael Braude Award for Light Verse in 1995, and in 1998 was the listeners’ choice in a BBC Radio 4 poll to succeed Ted Hughes as Poet Laureate. Wendy finished a ten-year analysis in 1983. Her most recent book, Two Cures for Love: Selected Poems, was published in 2008.
Wendy says: “Some writers are nervous of psychoanalysis because they believe that it could interfere with their creativity. Having been in analysis myself, I don’t share this view and I welcome the opportunity to contribute to the debate. I look forward to an interesting conversation.”
Earlier in the day, Afternoon Tea with Wendy Cope offers an intimate setting to listen as Wendy reads from her compilation of 25 years’ work, Two Cures for Love
Connecting Conversations is a series of events bringing together practitioners from the world of psychoanalysis with leading figures from disciplines including theatre, literature and the visual arts. The events aim to make connections between individuals, organisations and ideas, and the conversations are made widely accessible via audio files on the website, www.connectingconversations.org.
Former participants include Elisabeth Russell Taylor, David Almond, Geraldine McCaughrean, Gillian Slovo and Quentin Blake. Forthcoming events will feature author Anthony Horowitz.
This particular event is part of the Holloway Arts Festival, an 11-day programme of high quality arts activities and performances that runs from Thursday June 24th to Sunday July 4th.
It takes place at Archway Methodist Church (Archway Close, London, N19 3TD, Nearest Tube: Archway), running from 5.30pm till 7pm. Tickets to attend the main talk cost £10 (£7.50 concessions), while Afternoon Tea with Wendy Cope is from 3pm till 5pm and costs £6 (£4 concessions)
You can book online at www.connectingconversations.org, or by phone 07787 814316 (£2.50 fee for phone bookings).
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