Bristol-based poet and performer Kat Lyons hosts a creative writing workshop focusing on mid-life women’s poetry and experiences. They produce events, facilitate workshops and are touring their first solo show in Spring 2022. Kat’s debut poetry collection will be published in February 2022 by Verve Poetry Press.

In a world that glorifies youth and youthful beauty, the bodies of older women and peri/ menopausal bodies are often a site of conflict and discontent. This workshop focuses on nurturing positivity and reconnection. Participants will look at women’s poetry exploring the body, examine how the writers bring those experiences to life, and use writing and discussion to explore their own experiences and relationship to their own bodies.

This workshop is for anyone at any stage of their menopausal transition, as well as for anyone approaching menopause who’d like to explore their feelings around it. It is suitable for total beginners up to those who read and write poetry regularly.

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