Our work is continuously evolving and shifting as we take continue to read both old and new texts and add to to the shelves of our own personal libraries.

During this workshop, we’ll think about some recent and new exciting work, as well as some long established books, to reignite and reinvigorate our own work; through a series of exercises and challenges, inspired by both poetry and prose, we’ll see how we can unlock new directions for our own work, and leave with drafts and new beginnings we can continue to develop

Max: 30 ppl
Price £25
Duration 3 hours

Andrew McMillan was born in Barnsley in 1988. His debut collection of poetry, physical, was  the only poetry book to ever win the Guardian First Book Award; it was also awarded a Somerset Maugham award, an Eric Gregory Award, the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize and in 2019 was voted as one of the Top 25 Poetry Books of the Past 25 Years by the Booksellers Association. His second collection, playtime, won the inaugural Polari Prize. A third collection, pandemonium, was published in 2021 and in 2022 he co-edited the acclaimed anthology 100 Queer Poems, which was shortlisted in the British Book Awards. He is professor of contemporary writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. A debut novel, Pity, Was published in early 2024.

Playback

If you are unable to attend this workshop, we’re pleased to be able to make a session recording available for purchase for limited duration viewing — PLAYBACK: New Excitements with Andrew McMillan Recording

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Zoom Recording

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