{"title": "Learning from Dead [Women] Poets: Poetry Workshop with Clare Pollard", "start": "2026-11-10T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Library", "address": "St James's Square 14, SW1Y 4LG London", "price": "From £30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/the-londonlibrary/items/748293/availability/2130313815/book/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry workshop titled Learning from Dead [Women] Poets, running in the Study at The London Library with tea and coffee provided. It is led by Clare Pollard, poet and author of Lives of the Female Poets, in collaboration with Dead [Women] Poets Society. Participants are inspired by the female writers who came before them, exploring how to steal, allude, translate, remix, modernise and speak to the dead. There is a particular focus on Amy Levy and Christina Rossetti, the spirits conjured at the séance held later that evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/learning-from-dead-women-poets-poetry-workshop-with-clare-po-39394/", "official_url": "https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/learning-dead-women-poets-poetry-workshop-clare-pollard", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d6b90d93acfcedeb4f6a1e29f8cf9f2a2b35395852e7c2765a9c3d8da42ea75-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-10T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Library", "address": "St James's Square 14, SW1Y 4LG London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "Dead [Women] Poets Séance: Sophie Herxheimer & Clare Pollard resurrect Amy Levy & Christina Rossetti", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Library", "address": "St James's Square 14, SW1Y 4LG London", "price": "From £8", "price_from": "8.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/the-londonlibrary/items/748181/availability/2129775661/book/", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "An evening séance at The London Library in which two living poets conjure the spirits of their literary foremothers, the Victorian poets Amy Levy and Christina Rossetti. Poet-mediums Sophie Herxheimer and Clare Pollard will commune with the spirits of these subversive, darkly imaginative outsider poets, sharing their lives, works and influence, with readings haunted by their ghosts and compered by poet Helen Bowell of Dead [Women] Poets Society. The group, who since 2015 have been resurrecting women and non-binary poets of the past, will continue the resurrections with an open mic where poets and performers of all and no genders may take the stage; for every poem of your own, you should also read one by a dead woman or non-binary poet. 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The poet, writer and artist Lauren Bulla runs the sessions, which form phase one of a two-phase process leading from writing to performing at seasonal open mic events, and whose work has been featured on BBC Radio 1 and LOOSE.FM.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/regular-poetry-club-lost-in-the-foxglove-38776/", "official_url": "https://www.stmargaretshouse.org.uk/events/regular-poetry-club-lost-in-the-foxglove", "image": "https://noky.io/images/288722e200b233096a4f0971c0258bec8f182bae9b4bef47b3a0e432de827b9c-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Wild Thing Poetry Ma...", "start": "2026-10-31T14:00:00Z", "end": "2026-10-31T19:00:00Z", "place": "Torriano Meeting House", "address": "Torriano Avenue 99, NW5 2RX London", "price": "£20 (£15 concessions) for the complete 5 hour series of sessions", "price_from": "20.00", "price_to": "20.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/poetry", "occasion/halloween"], "description": "Wild Thing Poetry Masterclass is a five-hour series of poetry workshops ending in a reading, held around Samhain. It is run by the Wild Thing Poetry Collective, whose members lead sessions including Lisa Kelly's workshop on the 'hag', David Floyd's on humour in the environmental apocalypse, Laura Rose's on the rose as a vehicle for grief, and one on writing spells led by Tara Brown, Katie Dunstan and Jess Grynfeld. 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The facilitator is F. Zeeshan Choudhury, a professional teacher, writer and facilitator who runs the queer writer's circle at The Common Press bookstore and hosts events around Tower Hamlets. Using games, discussion and inventive writing prompts, the workshop invites participants to explore the self through writing and leave with a finished piece, and is ideal for individuals seeking answers to a significant question within themselves. 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It is presented by the Goldsmiths Writers' Centre, directed by Tom Lee and Amy Sackville, which exists to encourage new writing and stimulate debate about all forms of literature. Alex Hyde is an Associate Professor at University College London whose debut novel Violets was longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize; Lizzy Stewart is a London-based author and illustrator who writes for children and adults and teaches Illustration at Goldsmiths. It takes place in room 137 of the Richard Hoggart Building at Goldsmiths, University of London.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/goldsmiths-writers-centre-presents-alex-hyde-and-lizzy-stewa-36274/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/ab755c42ee6341b40972771a1df2f32b70eac036df932dd64bfc636b0dc5f315-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Creative Writing with Luan Goldie", "start": "2026-11-02T10:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The Well", "address": "", "price": "free", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/creative-writing"], "description": "A fun and informal monthly writing workshop for anyone who enjoys writing poems or short stories, or wants to try writing for the first time. It is open to all, no matter your age or experience, and offers prompts and encouraging exercises. The workshop is led by local published author Luan Goldie. It takes place at The Well Community Centre on Wednesdays.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/creative-writing-with-luan-goldie-41068/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/cb782e1ceb23eff393e8762ad5962728c780522851d25e96953e78f29b170e57-2000.webp"}]}