Join us in the October half term for our first ever workshops delivered in Liverpool to explore the craft of writing a poem with local poet Amina Atiq!
Have you ever wanted to write a poem but are not sure how to begin? Join one of our Poetry in Liverpool writing sessions to learn from acclaimed poet, performance artist, and creative practitioner Amina Atiq!
Thursday 31st October 2024
Central Library, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EW
FREE, registration required
To register: https://muslimhandsuk.wufoo.com/forms/poetry-in-liverpool-with-amina-atiq/
Open to all children within the following age groups:
Session 1: Ages 8 to 11
Time: 12:30 to 2:00pm
Session 2: Ages 12 to 16
Time: 3:00 to 4:30pm
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Amina Atiq is a Yemeni poet, performance artist, creative practitioner, and award-winning community activist. She is a BBC Words First Finalist 2019, an alumni Young Associate, and sits as Anti-racism advisory member with Curious Minds. Amina is an Artist Fellow at DaDaFest and a Social Cohesion Fellow of Humboldt Foundation Residency 2022. Currently Amina is lead artist at 20 Stories High’s public-poetry project Poet’s Gift, working closely with young Muslims in Merseyside, as well as a librettist in collaboration with composer Alya Al-Sultani for the opera ‘Two Sisters’. Amina has been featured by Poetry Please, BBC 4 Radio, Cordite Poetry Review, Queensland Poetry Festival, ‘Use Words First’ (Wrecking Ball Press), John Moores Painting Prize 2020 (The Double Negative), The Independent, ‘Just Beyond Reach’ (Sutton Manor, Metal Southend), ‘Not Quite Right for Us’ (Flipped Eye Publisher, Speaking Volumes), amongst many others.