The Spoken Word Salon is an informal, virtual open-mic night, with the opportunity to meet other Squad writers and practise reading / performing your work - of any form and genre - in a supportive space, with the option of feedback. The writing does not need to be a final product or learnt by heart, […]
Concept The idea began from a conversation with Steve about doing something digital and collaborative during the lockdown that is open to the entire squad. I then began to think about how we, as a group of writers dispersed across the planet, could make a collective creative response to our very different, yet very similar […]
Responding to the queer canon through reflection, discussion and poetry writing prompts. Led by Louise Essex. Workshop 2 Writing in Response to the Queer Canon cont. - Queer 19th Century poets (Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, Walt Whitman) - Queer Modernism (Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsberg) - rewriting queer symbols
Responding to the queer canon through reflection, discussion and poetry writing prompts led by Louise Essex. Workshop 3 Queer Narratives/ Queer Silence - comparing openly queer poetry with silenced queer poets - exploring queer silence and what it means today - ‘what makes a poem queer?’ - ‘do we want to “queer” our poems purposefully? […]
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Join Squad grad Lauren Vevers for a relaxing evening of zine making in your own home. You'll be sent a simple list of materials to gather, be invited to do a bit of writing, we will have a quick overview of zines, instructions on how to make a simple zine format, then time to make […]
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to all Squad members with a focus on scriptwriters, there are other […]
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to all Squad members with a focus on prose writers, there are […]
In these sessions we will collaboratively create short pieces of writing, building on personal experience/observations led by Lydia Allison. Open to all Squads to writers in any genre. Please only sign up below if you can make all three. They will be on Zoom and you will be sent a link on the morning of […]
This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to all Squad members with a focus on poets, there are other […]
In these sessions we will collaboratively create short pieces of writing, building on personal experience/observations led by Lydia Allison. We will focus on everyday, domestic challenges and observations. Topics will include plans which get cancelled, things you see day to day in your house, and internalised arguments about what you believe is the right thing […]