BLF: Workshop - Writing Grief

BLF: Workshop - Writing Grief
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
Date and time
12 Oct 2025 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Location

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

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Price

£30 (bursaries available)

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James McDermott

Birmingham Literature Festival
Workshop: Writing Grief with James McDermott

This is an interactive workshop for writers of all abilities, guided by poet James McDermott whose latest collection, Father Myself, (Nine Arches Press) explores grief and growth after losing his father to COVID. Through an exploration of poems, participants will learn tools and techniques to help them write about loss and bereavement in new ways.

Running time approx. two hours

Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

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