Start Date
11 May, 2024
Saturday, 11am - 4pm
Overview
Join writer and creative practitioner Bernadette McBride for this one-day poetry writing workshop at Ness Botanic Gardens, University of Liverpool. Participants will visit the extensive gardens at Ness Botanic Gardens, spread across 64 acres with stunning views of the River Dee and North Wales. The gardens provide the perfect opportunity through unique views of Wales, to think about both Welsh and British poets working with nature-inspired poetry. Participants will engage in selected readings of poems by various British, Welsh, or Welsh-British poets, such as Dylan Thomas, Kate Roberts, Deryn Rees-Jones, and many more. Participants will have the chance to create their own Welsh-British-inspired poems on the day whilst enjoying the beautiful surroundings of Ness Botanic Gardens as inspiration for any written work. Course attendees will also have the chance to see their work published in a new anthology of writing produced by Liverpool Continuing Education's writing students.
Please note that the ‘last date available to book’ date is only a guide. We reserve the right to close bookings earlier if courses are over- or under-subscribed. In order to avoid disappointment, please be sure enrol as soon as possible. Registrations will not be processed until the following day if received after 3pm.
Course Lecturer: Bernadette McBride
Bernadette is a PhD candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Liverpool. Her short story 'For the man who died in the wood' was shortlisted for the Manchester Fiction Prize in 2020. Her work has appeared in several anthologies, and she co-edited the poetry and prose anthology A Spray of Hope (University of Liverpool, 2020).
Courses fees: Full fee £41
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