Workshops

Our workshops are designed to encourage production and development of new poetry by adopting structures that stimulate the imagination and channel creative energy.

A typical workshop consists of:

• General introduction to workshop aims and objectives
• Icebreaker activities to foster a sense of workshop community
• Introduction of workshop topic
• Guided creative freewriting to generate material that will form the basis of poems
• Group workshopping of selected topical poems (provided by facilitator)
• Creative time for individuals to structure and shape freewrite material into poems that reflect topic and workshop discussions
• Regroup to share new poems and receive feedback from peers

After the completion of each workshop, a facts sheet will be made available, either online or in print, that summarises the session and provides further avenues for exploration and development.