Liz Berry was born in the Black Country and now lives in Birmingham. Her first book of poems, Black Country (Chatto 2014), described as a ‘sooty, soaring hymn to her native West Midlands’ (Guardian), received a Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2014. Her pamphlet The Republic of Motherhood (Chatto, 2018) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and the title poem won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2018. Her new pamphlet The Dereliction, a collaboration with artist Tom Hicks, will be published by Hercules Editions this autumn.
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Day 2
16th October 2021
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15:00
Reading and Discussion: Poetry and Class
15:00 - 16:00Of all the literary artforms, poetry has perhaps suffered most from the perception of elitism, in terms of both who writes it and who reads it. But has this always been the case? How does Scotland fit into this rubric, both historically and contemporarily? How does it intersect with race and gender, and crucially, language? We survey the scene with this readings and discussion from poets Liz Berry, Ross Wilson and Victoria McNulty, expertly chaired by Jenny Lindsay.
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Day 3
17th October 2021
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11:00
Workshop: The Poetry of Amulets with Liz Berry
11:00 - 13:00"To love is the great amulet that makes this world a garden." - Robert Louis Stevenson
How might we use poems - those we love and those we write - to make charms and amulets to guide and protect us? Join poet Liz Berry to read, write and use craft (of all kinds!) to create your own poetic charms.
Berry's first book of poems, Black Country (Chatto 2014), described as a ‘sooty, soaring hymn to her native West Midlands’ (Guardian), received a Somerset Maugham Award, the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Award and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2014. Her pamphlet The Republic of Motherhood (Chatto, 2018) was a Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice and the title poem won the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem 2018. Her new pamphlet The Dereliction, a collaboration with artist Tom Hicks, will be published by Hercules Editions this autumn.
Writers of all stages are welcome at this playful, nurturing workshop.
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