Author: Jean Atkin

I'm a poet and educator, work on community projects and collaborations.
Poet in School, Poetry in the Community

Young Writers making zines

Upstairs in Kidderminster Library this afternoon, the Writing West Midlands Young Writers’ Group are making zines.  They’re using their own creative writing and research, with some quite amazing artistic talent, to create personal zines to show off their work.  Have a look! The young people in this group are teenagers.  We have a ridiculous amount of fun, and they produce extraordinary work.  And we do have … Continue reading Young Writers making zines

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Events and Ideas, Poetry in the Community, Workshops

Finding Treasure in the Marches

This morning 12 poets joined me and Peter Reavill, our regional Finds Liaison Officer, in a workshop exploring just some of the treasure trove of the Welsh Marches.  Peter blew us away with a mix of archaeological precision and rich storytelling – the hedge under which someone, in 1645, buried the Bitterley Hoard; the river ford where someone wrenched the Dinham Pommel from a sword, … Continue reading Finding Treasure in the Marches

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