Poetic Forms with Alycia Pirmohamed

Date/Time
Date(s) - Thu 3rd Aug, 2023
2:00pm - 4:00pm

Location
WASPS Inverness Creative Academy, Inverness, , IV2 3JP

This workshop of the Young Writers’ Festival will be with poet Alycia Pirmohamed.

This workshop is aimed at generating new work in a variety of poetic forms. Together, we will look at how contemporary poets use linebreaks and space in their work to construct a narrative. You will also be given a series of writing prompts in order to create new work, and there will be a chance to voluntarily share new writing.

Please note, this workshop is free but but you do need to secure your place by booking below. By booking, you confirm that you are a young writer aged 13-25, and based in Scotland. For enquiries, contact youngwriters@moniackmhor.org.uk.

Alycia Pirmohamed is a Canadian-born poet based in Scotland. She is the author of Another Way to Split Water, as well as the pamphlets Hinge and Faces that Fled the Wind, and the collaborative essay Second Memory. She is the co-founder of the Scottish BPOC Writers Network, a co-organiser of the Ledbury Poetry Critics Program, and she currently teaches on the MSt. Creative Writing at the University of Cambridge. Alycia has held post-doctoral positions at University Edinburgh and at the University of Liverpool, and she received an MFA from the University of Oregon and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh. She is the recipient of several awards, including the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize, a Pushcart Prize, and the 2020 Edwin Morgan Poetry Award. Find her online at alycia-pirmohamed.com, on Twitter @a_pirmohamed, and on Instagram @alyciap_. 

These residencies and events have been made possible thanks to generous support from the British Council and Creative Scotland.

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