Poetry in Pyjamas a poetry sleepover ft Erin Bolens & Laurie Bolger ️

Wed Nov 27 2024 at 08:00 pm to 09:30 pm UTC+00:00

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Time to put down your pens and time to get listening & sharing from the comfort of your own space via Zoom x
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Get comfy & settle in to a relaxed evening of poetry from the comfort of your own space via Zoom. Feel free to join the open sharing with a poem of your own or simply kick back with a mug of whatever you're drinking & take in some great words 🎙✨📚


Eyemasks, nightcaps & PJ's welcome.


Yes please!


8.00pm Intro & settle in.

8.10pm Open Mic YOU!

8.40pm BREAK

8.50pm Special Guest

9.10pm Q+A (any questions for our ft please ask away!)

9.25pm Little Meditation & checkout

9.30pm Bedtime 🛌 😴


Laurie x



✨ 📚 Special Guest this month is Erin Bolens


Erins Bolens is a writer and counsellor from Leeds. She is a former Glastonbury slam champion and Roundhouse resident artist. Erin writes from places of worry and hope, from exasperation to celebration. She run workshops, writes and performs for schools, groups, companies and charities across the country. Her collection 'Alternate Endings' was published by Burning Eye Books in 2020.


"Erin's poetry is nourishment for the soul. Being able to sit down with this collection was an absolute joy. Always heartwarming, often heartbreaking, these poems have made me laugh out loud and brought tears to my eyes. I felt like I was glowing the whole way through." Harry Baker


www.erinbolens.com





✨ 📚 Hosted by Laurie Bolger


Laurie Bolger is a London based writer & the founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast Club. Laurie’s work has been widely anthologised & has featured at Glastonbury, TATE & Sky Arts. Laurie’s first publication Box Rooms celebrated community & her W10 roots.


Laurie was the winner of The Moth Poetry Prize & was shortlisted for The Sylvia Plath, Bridport & Forward Poetry Prize. Her latest books include Makeover & Spin celebrating the resilience of working class women, autonomy & love.


Laurie has collaborated with global brands, charities & organisations such as Google, Small Luxury Hotels of the World, Liberty, Penhaligons, Nationwide, Glastonbury, Choose Love, Mind UK, TATE & Sky Arts.


Laurie has been teaching creative workshops for over a decade bringing people together to celebrate their own unique voices & scribbles.


If you ever want a cosy, creative, calming place to explore writing, Laurie's workshops are perfection…My heart is so full (I know what that means now)” Breakfast Clubber 2024


“If I could jump inside her poems I would…I imagine it’d be lovely & warm in there” Hollie McNish


www.lauriebolger.com

Instagram @lauriebolger_

Twitter @lauriebolger



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