PLAYBACK: HYPERFOCUS - EKPHRASIS
PLAYBACK: HYPERFOCUS - EKPHRASIS
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: 6–27 October 2026
Tutors: Rachael Allen, Lucy Mercer
Workshops: Tuesdays, 7–9pm UK (online)
PLAYBACK: RECORDING-ONLY ACCESS – with recording-only access you’ll receive links to the password-protected video recordings of each workshop by email the next day, together with all course materials.
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ABOUT THE TUTORS
Rachael Allen is the author of God Complex and Kingdomland, both published by Faber. She works as an editor and lecturer in London.
Lucy Mercer’s first collection Emblem (Prototype, 2022) was a Poetry Book Society Choice. She often collaborates with artists and her visual work has been exhibited at Hollybush Gardens and RAMM. Her nonfiction essay on wax and mortality, Afterlife, is forthcoming with Fitzcarraldo Editions.
COURSE DELIVERY
Workshops and tutorials will be delivered via Zoom. You will have access to a dedicated classroom space on Padlet, where you will be able to access course materials and ask any questions. Workshops are recorded and the recordings will be made available to you, password-protected on our Vimeo, the day after each session. At the end of the course you will receive a handout collating the course materials, as well as links to the session recordings, to revisit in future.
Course delivery is wholly online. We welcome applications from students anywhere in the world, but applicants should note that all teaching is provided in evenings UK time.
For access purposes and to enable effective communication please note that, while you are not required to have your camera on at all times, we do request that your camera is on when you speak with tutors.

