Poetry and Freedom Workshop for Black History Month

Join award-winning poet Jenny Mitchell for a workshop on the subject of Freedom. In a world that seems increasingly chaotic is it even more important to think creatively about this elusive concept? What is Freedom and how can we attain more of it in a kind and responsible way?

Jenny will offer inspiring poetry prompts in a relaxed but challenging atmosphere.

This Black History Month workshop is open to all. New and experienced poets welcome.

This event is facilitaed through Blarney Library (Cork City Libraries) and will be held in the Blarney GAA Hall, Shean Lower, Blarney Village, Cork T23 KP73.

Bio: Jenny is currently the Inaugural Poet-in-the-Community at the British Library, working with the Engagement Team. She won the Gregory O’Donoghue Prize in 2022, and the Poetry Book Awards in 2021 for her second collection, Map of a Plantation (on the syllabus at Manchester Metropolitan University). The prize-winning debut collection, Her Lost Language, is One of 44 Poetry Books for 2019 (Poetry Wales), and her latest collection, Resurrection of a Black Man, contains three prize-winning poems and is featured on the US podcast Poetry Unbound. She’s performed at the Cork International Poetry Festival twice, and at the Houses of Parliament.

Host or Publisher Blarney Library