LIVEwire Poetry

We’re thrilled to finally announce our mini series of online poetry writing workshops! These sessions will take place over Zoom, enabling you to join from the comfort of your own home, from anywhere in the world.

As always, the workshops are predominantly targeted at writers who identify as working-class or as coming from a working-class background, but are open to everybody. Tickets are Pay As You Feel (£3, £5, £7) and are available below.

Please note that these workshops will be recorded, with recordings being made available exclusively through our Patreon page. We’ll enable close captioning during the Zoom meetings and will add subtitles to the recordings.

All workshops will take place from 18.30-20.30 BST.

• Wed 29 May | Poetry writing workshop with Talia Randall
• Wed 5 Jun | Poetry writing workshop with Raymond Antrobus | SOLD OUT
• Wed 12 Jun | Poetry writing workshop with Cecilia Knapp | Tickets

Talia Randall | 29 May

Talia Randall is a poet, performer and award winning podcaster. Talia has performed comedy, poetry and theatre across the UK and is the creator of What Words Are Ours, a poetry knees-up that features Deaf and hearing artists on the same stage. Talia’s debut poetry pamphlet, Proverbs for a Woman Drinking Alone was published by Broken Sleep Books in February 2023. Talia’s debut collection Eighty Two was published in the same year.  

Raymond Antrobus | 5 Jun (SOLD OUT)

Raymond Antrobus is a poet, performer, and hearing aid user, born and bred in East London, Hackney. His poems have also been published in magazines and literary journals such as The Rialto, Magma Poetry, Oxford Diaspora’s Programme, British Council Literature, Shooter Literary Journal, The Missing Slate, Morning Star, and the University Of Arkansas Press.

Raymond has read and performed his poetry at festivals (Glastonbury, Latitude, Bestival,), to Universities (Oxford, Goldsmiths, Warwick), and has read internationally (South Africa, Kenya, North America, Sweden, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and more).

Cecilia Knapp | 12 Jun

Cecilia Knapp was the Young People’s Laureate for London 2020/2021. She was shortlisted for the 2022 Forward prize for best single poem. Her collection Peach Pig is published by Corsair. Her novel Little Boxes is published by The Borough Press. She teaches creative writing at City Lit and is the lead tutor for The Roundhouse Poetry Collective.