Responding to the queer canon through reflection, discussion and poetry writing prompts. Led by Louise Essex. Workshop 2  Writing in Response to the Queer Canon cont. - Queer 19th Century poets (Edward Lear, Christina Rossetti, Walt Whitman) - Queer Modernism (Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Bishop, Allen Ginsberg) - rewriting queer symbols

Concept The idea began from a conversation with Steve about doing something digital and collaborative during the lockdown that is open to the entire squad. I then began to think about how we, as a group of writers dispersed across the planet, could make a collective creative response to our very different, yet very similar […]

The Spoken Word Salon is an informal, virtual open-mic night, with the opportunity to meet other Squad writers and practise reading / performing your work - of any form and genre - in a supportive space, with the option of feedback. The writing does not need to be a final product or learnt by heart, […]