Build Your Own Residency by Jo Bell

Degna Stone Graft, Library, The Knowledge

vintage blueprint showing drawings of strange shaped 3-d objects in cross-hatched white pencil, and ornate copperplate annotations in white ink

For many poets, paid time to be in residence at a particular location or organisation is the ultimate dream job. Time to think and write new things, or to build new ways of working with others – no wonder Jo is familiar with the question “So, how did you get this residency?“ It’s a question I’ve been asked each time …