Six Impossible Things Before Lunch: Reinventing Alice

Tempestuous tea parties, a tsunami of tears, and a resounding “Off with her head!” Lewis Carroll’s books stay with us long beyond childhood. In this workshop you will have an opportunity to write in response to six quirky exercises inspired by Alice in Wonderland/Alice Through the Looking Glass. You don’t need a knowledge of the books to benefit from this session, there will be plenty of ideas and materials to get your creative juices flowing.

About Sue Burge

Sue Burge is a freelance tutor, mentor and editor based in North Norfolk. She is also a film-studies tutor with a penchant for silent film, road movies and David Lynch. Her poems have been published in a wide range of journals and feature in themed anthologies on science fiction, modern Gothic, illness, endangered birds, WWI and Laurel and Hardy. Her first pamphlet, Lumière explored Paris’s cinematic and literary legacy; her second pamphlet, The Saltwater Diaries was published in 2020. She has three collections out with Live Canon: In the Kingdom of Shadows, Confetti Dancers and The Artificial Parisienne. The latter examines her edgy on-going relationship with Paris. Her eco-angst collection, watch it slowly fade, was published by Yaffle Press in July 2025.

Zoom

These workshops will be conducted via Zoom. We have put together this simple 'How To' document to help you download Zoom, join a meeting, and navigate around the meeting features (such as adjusting video and audio, uploading files, and sharing screens).

You will receive a confirmation email from Ticket Tailor with your ticket and the Zoom invitation, containing the meeting link and Meeting ID & Password.

Someone from The Poetry Business team will be on hand prior to each workshop to offer additional help in getting connected.

There is usually a lot of interest in our workshops: in the interest of fairness, please limit yourself to one workshop ticket in every two week period.

Bursary Spaces

There are two bursary spaces available per workshop for writers from groups that are under-represented in contemporary poetry (for instance because of ethnic background) or who are experiencing financial hardship. If you would like to apply for one of these bursary places, please contact workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk

Refunds

If you no longer wish to attend the workshop please let us know by emailing us. We ask for 3 working days' notice before the workshop starts in order to offer a full refund, and enable us to offer the place to someone else.

Though we will do all we can to help you get set up with the technology it is the participants' responsibility to ensure that their camera, microphone and other computer settings are configured correctly. Please contact us (workshops@poetrybusiness.co.uk) if you are concerned about getting set up for Zoom.