When the Ordinary Becomes Extraordinary: a creative writing and gratitude workshop led by Shahd Alnaami

Poetry Studio is hosting a creative writing workshop led by Shahd Alnaami, a Palestinian writer, translator and workshop facilitator who will join us remotely from Gaza.

Join us to end the year by reflecting on what we've been through, and welcoming the new year with gratitude and hope.

Through creative writing, reflection and meaningful conversations, this workshop encourages participants to appreciate the ordinary and rediscover gratitude in everyday moments.

The workshop will take place @ Yoga Point, and last two hours with a break.

Please bring something to write on, and arrive at 13:45 for a 14:00 start. Places are limited.

Note: The full fee will go to Shahd. If you are unable to pay full price for a ticket, there are discounted tickets available, so it is accessible to all.

About Shahd Alnaami

More information to come...

About Shazea Quraishi

Shazea is a Pakistani-born Canadian poet and translator based in Brixton, South London. She has taught for over 20 years, with organisations including the Poetry School, Arvon, The Poetry Society, Translators in Schools, English PEN, Exiled Writers and more. She has designed and delivered poetry courses at undergraduate level and led poetry workshops in adult education, prisons, refugee centres, festivals, theatres and museums.

Her poems have appeared in UK and US publications including The Guardian, The Financial Times, Poetry Review, Modern Poetry in Translation & The Hudson Review, and anthologized in 'Poetry: A Writer's Guide and Anthology', 'Mapping the Future: The Complete Works Poets', ‘The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write’, and others. Books include The Glimmer (Bloodaxe Books, 2023) The Taxidermist (Verve Poetry Press, 2020), The Art of Scratching (Bloodaxe Books, 2015) and The Courtesans Reply (flipped eye publishing, 2012).

A Complete Works alumna, Shazea is a writer in residence with Living Words, an arts and literature organisation that works in creative partnership with marginalised people impacted by a dementia or ongoing mental health concerns.