Price: £7.50 / £5
Time: 14:30 - 16:30

In this workshop, participants will study and discuss the mechanics of a long poem (or epic). How does a poet manage to sustain an idea while simultaneously unravelling new and unexpected turns? What are the key elements that go into making a long poem work, and how should one go about deciding subject and themes? Together, participants will be asked to think about long poems which have stood the test of time, ones which feel expansive and elliptical, while also being rooted in a central preoccupation. The workshop will consist of close reading of a long poem, and then time will be allocated for discussion and writing. All abilities welcome.

ANTHONY ANAXAGOROU:

Anthony Anaxagorou is a British-born Cypriot poet, fiction writer, essayist, publisher and poetry educator. His poetry has been published in POETRY, The Poetry Review, Poetry London, New Statesman, Granta, and elsewhere. His work has also appeared on BBC Newsnight, BBC Radio 4, ITV, Vice UK, Channel 4 and Sky Arts. Anthony is artistic director of Out-Spoken, a monthly poetry and music night held at London’s Southbank Centre, and publisher of Out-Spoken Press.

His latest poetry collection Heritage Aesthetics was published by Granta on 3 November 2022. His second collection After the Formalities published with Penned in the Margins is a Poetry Book Society Recommendation and was shortlisted for the 2019 T.S Eliot Prize along with the 2021 Ledbury Munthe Poetry Prize for Second Collections. It was also a Telegraph and Guardian poetry book of the year.

Part of Lyra - Bristol Poetry Festival 2023.

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