Writing poetry for healthcare professionals
COURSE OVERVIEW
Workshops
The course will consist of
six 2-hour online workshops to be held on 15th, 22nd & 29th January and 5th, 12th & 19th February 2025 from 7-9pm.
The six workshops will be based on the following six themes: Care, Bodies, Health and illness, Happiness and Joy, Queerness, Class and Race.
This will be an opportunity for new, emerging and established poets working in healthcare to write, think about, and share poetry in a creative, inclusive and inspiring atmosphere.
We hope the workshops will boost your creativity, wellbeing and let you connect with like-minded participants.
The workshops will be limited to a maximum of 15 people.
Please note that there is a course fee of £150, payable before commencement of the course. Places will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please use PayPal to pay your fee.
FACILITATION
The workshops will be led by
Jemima Foxtrot, a writer, performer and theatre-maker from Yorkshire, living in Berlin. She has written and performed several critically acclaimed works for the stage including Melody, Above the Mealy-mouthed Sea, and Pleasure Incorporated with collaborator Lucy Allan and Rear View with I.O.U Theatre. She has published three collections of poetry All Damn Day (Burning Eye Books 2016), A New Game (Burning Eye Books 2022), and Treasure (Bad Betty Press 2024).
