Join me at these upcoming events, and find out more about past events.
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Strange Birds Poetry Feedback Group
Regular event: I co-host a fortnightly critique group on Monday evenings for poets looking to share poems and get constructive written and verbal feedback on their work. More information here.
Passengers Express 2024: haibun workshop
Join the editors of Passengers Journal and Passengers Press for a jam-packed weekend of generative workshops, editing, panels, Q&As, and more with writing, art, and publishing insiders, all hosted virtually. Perfect for those looking to jumpstart their writing careers, get back into writing after a break, or change artistic direction.
I will be running a haibun generative workshop, in which particpants will get to play around with this versatile Japanese form that mingles haiku and prose poetry.
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Strange Birds online writing session (writing sprints)
Regular event: I host The Hummingbirds, a fortnightly write-in session. This is a space for Strange Birds writers and poets to carve out time for their writing. Join us for two hours of online goal-sharing and writing sprints. More information here.
Poetry reading: Labyrinth Poetry Night
It’s the last Sunday of the Month. Labyrinth welcomes you to Labyrinth Poetry Night, a night of spoken word, poetry and lots of music. I will be performing a 25-minute set. Join me from 7:30pm at Labyrinth Poetry Cafe, Amstelveenseweg 53, 1075 VT Amsterdam. Book a table here.
Reading: Writers Flock International Writers Festival
Strange Birdcalls IV brings together writers, poets and spoken word artists. Nine writers and poets, including myself, will take to the stage in person for the closing of Strange Birds’ inaugural literary festival, Writers Flock, at A LAB Amsterdam on September 10th.
Connectives: Building Literary Communities (The Passengers Express event)
Join the editors of Passengers Journal and Passengers Press for a jam-packed weekend of generative workshops, editing, panels, Q&As, and more with writing, art, and publishing insiders, all hosted virtually. Perfect for those looking to jumpstart their writing careers, get back into writing after a break, or change artistic direction.
I will be hosting a panel discussion and Q&A with writers who run online and in-person writers groups, accountability groups, and literary events!
Buy tickets here.
Poets’ Process Jam
From 2021 to 2022, I co-hosted weekly online gatherings where poets talked shop, celebrated each others’ successes and set writing goals. I no longer run these sessions but they are still running, I believe. Sign up here.
International Writers' Poetry Circle
From 2021 to 2022, I helped host these weekly online poetry sessions run by Reading Poetry Writing Meetup. Poets from around the world came together for short, timed writing exercises. I no longer co-host these sessions but they are still running, I believe. More information here.
Passengers Journal: A Peek at the Spring Issue
Join the Passengers Journal Poetry team for this online workshop where we will discuss our favourite poems from the upcoming issue with the poets themselves.
Strange Birdcalls III
Strange Birds presents a live programme of ten emerging writers beaming in from the four corners of the globe. Celebrating the new voices of today this eclectic collection of poetry, fiction and memoir will burrow deep. I will be reading some of my recently published poems. Book a place here.
Strange Birds Writer’s Talk with Jarred McGinnis
As part of Strange Birds’ series of book talks, Dilys Wyndham Thomas and Emil Cholich will chat with Jarred McGinnis about his debut novel, The Coward, published by Canongate in July 2021. This will be an online event. 25th July 2021, 8 p.m., Central European Summer Time. Book a place here.