Creative Writing Workshop: Lisa Matthews, The Rooted Space, a workshop on identity and sexuality
Part of the NCLA Festival of Belonging
Location: Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Time/Date: 6th May 2012, 11:00 - 13:00
‘When we let ourselves respond to poetry, to music, to pictures, we are clearing a space where new stories can root, in effect we are clearing a space for new stories about ourselves’. Jeanette Winterson.
This workshop will focus on identity and sexuality. It will use a variety of materials to help create a narrative space that is open to exploring diverse voices and stories about belonging. It will be led by local poet and writer, Lisa Matthews.
Lisa Matthews is a poet, creative writing practitioner and academic who runs creative agency The/Poetry/Fold. Lisa has founded and manageda variety of LGBTIQ initiatives including ProudWords and How Gay Are Your Genes?
Tickets for this workshop are priced at £15/£12 (concessions). You can find tickets for all of our events and workshops at our webstore. Alternatively, please contact Melanie Birch for further details: Melanie.Birch@ncl.ac.uk, 0191 222 7619.Published: 1st April 2012