BLF: Workshop - Writing Grief
BLF: Workshop - Writing Grief
Birmingham Literature Festival
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025

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
Events include:
BLF: Workshop - Life Writing
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 10.30am
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Workshop - Smoke and Mirrors
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 10.30am
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: The Quiet Lives of Working-Class Men
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 12pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Workshop - Creative Non-Fiction
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 1.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Boater with Jo Bell
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 1.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Falling Through the Cracks
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 2pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Searching for my Slave Roots
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 3.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: Rethinking the Nuclear Family
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 5.30pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025
BLF: A Guided Journey through The Infernal Garden
Sun 12 Oct 2025 - 8pm
Birmingham Literature Festival 2025