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SUMMARY:Free poetry workshops for Black History Month in Barbican Libr
 ary
DESCRIPTION:Award-winning writer Jenny Mitchell will offer two stimula
 ting poetry workshops that aim to examine the elusive concept of Freed
 om. Can creative writing help us feel more carefree in a world that se
 ems increasingly chaotic? Is it possible to write ourselves into a spa
 ce where we're free to deepen our sense of identity, resilience and ul
 timately Joy? Open to all. No former experience of writing poems neces
 sary.  Dates: Saturday 19th October & Saturday 26th October, 10.30 am 
 -12.30 pm Location: Barbican Library - in person event  15 places are 
 available to book for each date.\nBook tickets via Eventbrite: https:/
 /www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1045372486247\nOr please ask at the Barbican 
 Library Enquiry desk or call us on 020 7638 0569.  Jenny Mitchell i
 s currently the Inaugural Poet in the Community at the British Library
 , working with the Engagement Team. She won the Ink, Sweat and Tears M
 ay Poetry Competition in 2024, the Shooter Poetry Competition in 2023,
  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 collec
 tion, Her Lost Language, is One of 44 Poetry Books for 2019 (Poetry Wa
 les), and her latest collection, Resurrection of a Black Man, contains
  three prize-winning poems and is featured on the US podcast Poetry Un
 bound.\n\nFor more information visit http://www.goldenlaneestate.org/e
 vents/free-poetry-workshops-for-black-history-month-in-barbican-librar
 y
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LOCATION:Barbican Library
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