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Being Human Festival Workshop Series: Writing Notts (Session 1)

  • Nottingham Central Library (Meeting Room 2) 1 Carrington Street Nottingham, England, NG1 7FH United Kingdom (map)

Join GOBS Collective founder Bridie Squires and University of Nottingham academic and poet Dr Hongwei Bao, in a series of creative writing, publishing and performance workshops. During the first workshop, you’ll get to explore Nottingham history and culture through the art of poetry.

Those who attend the workshops will have the opportunity to take part in Being Human Open Mic: The Notts Sound, the following week.

It’s preferable that registrants will attend all 3 workshops.

 This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 7–16 November 2024. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.

Doors Open at 5:00PM
From 5:00PM to 7:00PM

Session 1: Writing Notts – Thursday 7 November, 5pm – 7pm. Book now

 Session 2: Zine making – Saturday 9 November, 10am – 1pm. Book now

 Session 3: Performance poetry skills – Saturday 9 November, 2pm – 4pm. Book now

Being Human Open Mic: The Notts Sound - Saturday 16 November, 2pm – 4pm. Book now

These events will be made public and bookable on 1 October


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