Queer poetry workshop with Éadaoín Lynch
Saturday 7 June 2025 from 12pm to 1pm
Portobello Library
This workshop is led by Éadaoín Lynch, Irish poet & researcher living and working in Edinburgh and a current writer-in-residence with Typewronger Books, creating original poems in response to materials from the Lavender Menace Archive.
This is a practice-based workshop where attendees need no prior writing experience, and there is no expectation to share work aloud.
Eadaoin will provide a poem to read/discuss with the group, along with a set of writing prompts inspired by that poem. Attendees will then have built-in time to write, after which the group checks back in about what inspired them/ how they found it/ what came up for them. This check-in, as with every part of the workshop, is opt-in, and attendees can be as interactive (or not) as they wish.
The whole ethos of the workshop is to encourage people to write, not to edit or critique or be critiqued.
This is a creative space where anyone can show up and be welcomed.
This workshop is limited to 15 people so please book early to avoid disappointment!
Mask wearing is supported and encouraged (and will not be challenged) and we will have masks available for anyone to use. We support anyone wishing to be seated at a safe distance during an event, please just ask.
This is an indoor event.