About this Event
Our poetry group meet monthly at the shop to read and write poetry. The group is open to all levels and is a freindly and informal way to engage with thinking about and writing poetry. The workshops are taught by Shazea Quraishi.
Shazea Quraishi is a Pakistani-born Canadian poet and translator based in London. Her poems have appeared in UK and US publications including most recently Mapping the Future: The Complete Works Poets (Bloodaxe Books, 2023), and Poetry: A Writer’s Guide and Anthology (Bloomsbury Academic, U.S. 2023). Books include The Glimmer (Bloodaxe Books, 2022), The Taxidermist (Verve Poetry Press, 2020), The Art of Scratching (Bloodaxe Books, 2015), and The Courtesans Reply (flipped eye publishing, 2012). Shazea teaches with the Poetry School and runs Poetry Studio, a programme of writing workshops. She is a trustee of English PEN and an ongoing artist in residence with Living Words.
Event venue & nearby stays
Chener Books, 14 Lordship Lane, London, United Kingdom
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