Name: Ritrými í Reykjavík: Multilingual Poetics
Start: 2026-03-04T17:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-03-04T19:00:00+00:00
Location: Mengi

$Ritr\u00fdmi \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk: Multilingual Poetics$

We are launching Ritrými í Reykajvík / Reykjavík in Writing, a community-driven writing workshop series hosted at MENGI.
The workshops are multilingual and admission free.
Together we will explore creativity, poetry, publishing, multilingual writing, and more through shared practice, conversation, and guest-led sessions.
Writers of all backgrounds and experience levels are welcome.
The first six meetings March-May 2026 will be hosted by Ewa Marcinek with guests writers and poets: Dan Roh, Brynja Hjálmsdóttir, and Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson.
Ritrými í Reykajvík is co-founded by Reykjavík UNESCO City of Literature and ALO Ísland, a non-profit organisation working in community learning.
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The first session, hosted by Ewa Marcinek, explores multilingual writing and what it means to live and write between languages. Together we’ll look at writing that questions the idea that language, place of origin, and identity must align. Through writing prompts and conversations, we will explore how working with more than one language can shape a writer’s voice, form, and sense of belonging, while engaging with poetics that emerge from plurilingual playfulness and curiosity.
The session will be in English, with optional support in Polish and basic Icelandic.
Ewa Marcinek is a Polish-Icelandic writer and cultural organiser, a co-founder of several literary and artistic initiatives, including Ós Pressan and RVK Poetics. She is the author of Polishing Iceland (2022). Her poetry, essays, and short stories have been published and adapted for theatre, film, visual art, music, and radio.
Multilingual Poetics
Wednesday, March 4, 5:00–7:00 PM
MENGI, Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík
Free entry. Only 10 spots available. PLEASE REGISTER: https://forms.gle/azEqGypGHjriD6UF6
For questions and accessibility requests, please use the same link.
*The event is co-created with Ós Pressan through the project Multilingual Writing LAB cofounded by the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.