workshops & talks

Facilitated poetry workshops for schools, communities, and cultural events.

Make language your playground.

What I Offer

I design and lead poetry workshops that make room for language, listening and risk. These sessions emphasize voice, place and the textures of lived experience.

My workshops are adaptable, collaborative, and shaped by the people in the room.

What I offer:

I lead workshops and talks for:

  • schools and universities

  • literary festivals and cultural organizations

  • libraries, community groups, and collectives

  • educators, writers and interdisciplinary audiences

Formats range from intimate seminars to large-group talks, and can be tailored to suit your context.

Workshop themes & formats

Sessions may focus on:

  • poetry as archive, witness, and inheritance

  • writing across languages, borders, and identities

  • hybrid forms (gloss, lyric essay, prose poetry)

  • revision as practice and conversation

  • mentorship, community, and sustainable creative practice

Workshops combine close reading, generative writing and discussion. No prior publishing experience is required.

How it works

  • Length: single sessions or multi-day series

  • Audience size: flexible, from small groups to large rooms

  • Format: in-person or online workshops

  • Customization: shaped by your event or curriculum

I’m happy to collaborate on content that aligns with your curriculum, program or event.

Let’s work together

If you’d like to invite me to lead a workshop or give a talk, I’d love to hear from you.

Invite me to lead a workshop

In the room

From book launches, workshops, and public conversations — writers, readers, and collaborators gathered in shared inquiry.

Past workshops & talks

I’ve led workshops, talks, and conversations across schools, universities, festivals, and community spaces. These sessions are shaped in dialogue with hosts and participants, and adapted to local contexts, themes, and audiences.

Recent and selected engagements include:

  • Book launches and readings for Radiant Wound — featuring generative writing sessions and facilitated discussion

  • Poetry workshops for secondary and postsecondary students, focused on voice, revision and risk

  • University guest lectures and seminars on poetry, hybridity and writing across languages

  • Community-based workshops with libraries and cultural organizations

  • Festival talks and panels exploring craft, mentorship, and contemporary poetry

Workshops range from intimate seminars to large-group conversations, and are designed to meet participants where they are — whether they are new to writing or deeply engaged in literary practice.

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