Come along to monthly Zoom meetings and have a go at poetry prompts to create work on a green theme. Write about your garden, allotment, or local park. Express your thoughts on climate change and the environment. Nurture your nature poetry. Wax lyrical about waxwings. Use the language of flowers.
This session will be led by Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger who are experienced workshop facilitators. They will be supporting the group to establish its self. Beginners are welcome.
At the launch event Emma Purshouse will be reading her contribution to this unique book ‘Smell, Memory, and Literature in the Black Country’
“From Banks’s brewery’s yeasty stink to groaty pudding and spicy curry, the book’s collection of essays provides a new literary history of the smells and childhood memories that belong to the Black Country.
Lecturer in Creative Writing, Rob Francis, said: “The Black Country is often an overlooked region of the United Kingdom, but we’ve decided to put it at the centre of this book, using it as the basis for exploration of the relationship between smell and memory.
“Growing up in the Black Country is a unique and exciting experience, with such a rich mix of smells, even within a very short distance, helping to add to our strong sense of identity and connection to the region.”
The book, which has a preface from author Will Self, draws on psychology, neuroscience, memory studies, literary studies and philosophy.
The critical essays reconsider psychogeography through cutting-edge sensory and philosophical engagements with physical space, smell, language and human behaviour.
Professor in English Literature Sebastian Groes said: “The Black Country is going through a transformative moment whereby gentrification and a veritable cultural boom are reinvigorating the region. This book hopes to contribute to forging new, bright futures for the Black Country.”
The creative contributions from writers, including Liz Berry, Narinder Dhami, Anthony Cartwright, and Kerry Hadley-Pryce, meditate on the senses, place, and identity.
It’s hoped that the book will not only appeal to those interested in the rich cultural heritage of the Black Country, but also those interested in place-identity, politics and the importance of culture in the twenty-first century.
The book was released earlier this month and can be purchased from the publisher’s (Palgrave Macmillan) website and Amazon.
You can book your free ticket, here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-event-of-smell-memory-and-literature-in-the-black-country-tickets-141835015349
Steve Pottinger and Emma Purshouse guest at this regular night.
Join Emma Purshouse and Steve Pottinger for a creative writing workshop designed to get you writing love poetry – whilst avoiding cliche! Have a go at creating a sonnet and a piece of concrete poetry for someone special. A fun, friendly workshop. Beginners welcome.
Price: £10 (+ booking fee)
Book your place here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/valentines-verses-tickets-133139386489?aff=
Join Emma Purshouse, Poet Laureate for the City of Wolverhampton, as she launches her debut novel, ‘Dogged’. Emma will read extracts from her work and talk to Steve Pottinger from Ignite books about its creation.
Price: £3 (+ booking fee)
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-with-emma-purshouse-tickets-133142429591?aff=
Come and join this year’s judge Liz Berry as she talks about the process of choosing a winner, and hear winning and shortlisted poets read their submissions for Wolverhampton Literature Festival Poetry Competition 2021. The theme this year was ‘Aspects of Love’, so here’s an ideal way to spend a Valentine’s Day afternoon.
Price: Free event, but you do need to reserve a place as places will be limited.
Tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/poetry-competition-winner-show-tickets-133139139751?aff=
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