Free poetry workshop in which participants write a poem, short story, piece of photography or artwork about what their home town means to them.
Notts Poetry is running a poetry workshop at the Usher Gallery on Saturday 21 November, from 1:30 to 3:30pm. It's part of a wider project they're taking across the East Midlands, with sessions in Nottingham, Lincoln and Northampton, all asking the same thing: what makes the place you call home special, and how has it changed over the last ten years?
The workshop is built around that question. You'll be encouraged to respond in whatever way works for you — a poem, a short story of up to 300 words, or even photography or artwork. There's no pressure to be a writer to take part; the whole point is to get people talking and thinking about their own corner of the region. If you've lived here a while, you've probably noticed things shifting in the city and the surrounding countryside, and this is a chance to put some of those observations down on paper.
What you make doesn't just sit in a drawer, either. The project is gathering responses from across the East Midlands to build a series of county pamphlets and a larger collection about life in the region, with publication planned for Spring 2027. So, if you do end up writing something, it could find its way into a published collection alongside voices from across the area.
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It's a free session, running from 1:30 to 3:30pm at the Usher Gallery in Lincoln on Saturday 21 November.
