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Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing: Poetry Adventures with Kate Wakeling

22 Sep 2024

10:00 - 11:00

The Old School Room, Haworth

Race a comet through outer space, bake an exceptionally weird cake, and pull up a chair at the Spy Café. This interactive workshop will feature lively poetry performance from poet Kate Wakeling, interspersed with lots of playful and unusual (and relaxed) opportunities to get writing.

You’ll be invited to compose a poem made only of questions (why not?), concoct a series of outlandish facts about yourself that nobody/everybody will believe, and consider eleven (very unexpected) uses for a garden pea…

This event is part of our 2024 Brontë Festival of Women's Writing.

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Kate Wakeling is a poet and musicologist who writes for both children and adults. Her collections for children include Moon Juice and Cloud Soup (The Emma Press) and A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop (Otter-Barry Books).

Kate’s work for children has won the CLiPPA, been nominated for the Carnegie Medal, shortlisted for The Week Junior book awards, and selected as Books of the Month in The Guardian, The Scotsman, and The Sunday Times.

In 2022 Kate was commissioned by the Poetry Society to write a poem to mark the 75th anniversary of the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree. A pamphlet of Kate’s poetry for adults, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto.

(Photo credit: Sophie Davidson)

Age Guidance
Suggested age: 8-11

Ticket Information

Under 12s (includes one free accompanying adult) £7

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Venue Details

The Old School Room, Haworth

Church Street, Keighley, England, BD22 8DR, United Kingdom,

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