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Poet in School, Poetry in the Community

Young Writers do Pop Up Poetry

Yesterday a group of talented young writers filled Kidderminster Library with words in a Pop Up Poetry & Zine Exhibition to mark the end of this year of writing with me.  We’re part of Writing West Midlands’ Spark Young Writers Groups and we meet once a month from September to June to explore all the possibilities of creative writing.  There are Spark Young Writers groups … Continue reading Young Writers do Pop Up Poetry

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Events and Ideas, Poet in School, Poetry in the Community

Write On! Young Writers go live!

On Saturday we had our penultimate meeting for this year.  That’s me, Kidderminster Young Writers and our assistant writer Nicholas Tulloch.  Everyone arrived with a bagful of papers, more or less fully constructed into a zine. The tables vanished under card, paper, tracing paper, staplers, glue, glitter, ribbons and inspiration.  Chocolate brownies were ingested, for stamina. “I’ve decided to do creative risk”, said John.  The … Continue reading Write On! Young Writers go live!

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