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<p class="summary"><img class="size-full wp-image-239909 alignleft" src="https://poetrysociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/cover-image-from-pcard-tall-lighthouse-218x300-1.jpg" alt="" width="218" height="300" />Celebrate the launch of Brendan Cleary's elegiac poetry pamphlet with readings from Brendan, Matthew Caley, Michaela Coplen plus others TBC.</p>
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FREE for all - poetry reading & signing & wine!
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<em>The Poetry Society is pleased to present its 2024 programme of workshops, in which expert poets will lead generative workshops on a topic which inspires and intrigues them. Our May workshop is <strong>Monstrosity as Diasporic Form </strong>with <b>Will Harris.</b></em>
‘What is born in England but is never English?’ What grew a tail? What leaned over and rested its hands on its knees? An immigrant has a set of complex origins, is from elsewhere; the monster is made, on the other hand, from local mixtures of organic and inorganic materials, repurposed teeth, selenium, lungs, pink lightning, public health concerns. [...] I thought I was writing about an immigrant. I was writing about a monster.
—Bhanu Kapil, <em>Ban en Banlieue</em>
Who rests best as conspiracy // Nostalgia // Uncatalogued // Monster
—Eunsong Kim, <em>Gospel of Regicide</em>
In this workshop, join Will Harris to take the patched-up materials and hand-me-down traces of other struggles, lost homes and lives to construct new monsters of your own.
<strong>Will Harris</strong> is a London-based writer. He is the author of the poetry books <em>RENDANG</em> (2020) and <em>Brother Poem</em> (2023). He co-translated Habib Tengour’s <em>Consolatio</em> with Delaina Haslam in 2022, and helps facilitate the Southbank New Poets Collective with Vanessa Kisuule. <em>Siblings</em>, a conversation between Jay Bernard, Mary Jean Chan, Harris and Nisha Ramayya, is published by Monitor Books.
<em>This workshop takes place in-person at The Poetry Café, London. Suitable for all levels of writer. 18+ only.</em>
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Come along to hear from the up-and-coming stars of the poetry world…
This Young Poets Takeover will feature some of the most recent winners of the <a href="http://poetrysociety.org.uk/competitions/foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award/">Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award</a> and the writing challenges on <a href="https://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk">Young Poets Network</a>. But there’s also an open mic section for absolutely anyone aged 25 or younger to sign up and perform.
Tickets are <strong>free, but booking is essential. </strong>We hope you’ll be able to meet some of your peers as well as listen to some top-notch poetry. So join us for a poetry gig by and for young writers, hosted by The Poetry Society’s Education Co-ordinator Cia Mangat.
<strong>Want to perform?</strong>
If you’re feeling brave, <strong>arrive at 2pm</strong> to sign up for a 2 minute open mic slot. We welcome all styles of poetry, and writers at all stages in their development. It’s first come, first served and open mic slots are popular, so arrive promptly to get your name on the list!
<strong>Just want to listen?</strong>
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If you don’t want to perform but do want to hear young talent and meet your poetry peers, come along! We definitely encourage getting to know other young poets (though mingling is not required).
Arrive at 2pm for tea and chat. Readings start at 2.30pm promptly.
Email queries and any access requirements to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>. The Poetry Cafe has a lift between the ground floor and basement, an accessible toilet and a hearing induction loop.
Get involved in the <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/">Young Poets Network</a> community by <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/sign-up">signing up to our mailing list</a>, and entering our <a href="http://ypn.poetrysociety.org.uk/workshop/">free competitions</a> for young people!
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