Shannon May Powell is a poet and artist whose work poses gestures of longing towards new possibilities of gender, sexuality and identity. Their work featured at the EWF, Berlin Feminist Film Festival and NY Art Book Fair. They’re a hot desk fellow at the Wheeler Centre and art director at Blindside gallery. In 2022 they published their poetry book, ‘Can we rest tonight in the amnesia of pleasure,’ with No More Poetry. Much of their work was developed at VARDA residency, California and Pocoapocco residency,Mexico where their poetry practice began mutating into ephemeral mediums of performance art.
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Writers’ Salon: Invoking Eros
Join poet, artist and somatic facilitator Shannon May Powell in exploring how pleasure and desire can unfurl on the page to enhance your storytelling.
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Join these body-curious artists for a night of performances, devoted to sensorial writing and self-discovery and expression through the body.
Editing Unveiled
In reality, most writing is really editing – and few can do it alone! Hear from book and journal editors, publishers, and literary industry experts about the editor-writer relationship, the purpose and ethics of editing, and everything that goes into revising your writing with rigour.
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The first of four Chapters, this workshop is all about establishing a writing practice.
LUNCH/BREAK Drop In: Blak & Bright Writing Club
Been inspired by everything at EWF24? For this special lunch time drop-in session, join multi-practice artist Elijah Money for a laid back writing club, where you can put it all down on paper! Bring along a work in progress, or sit down to a fresh page with new ideas, and spend some time dedicated to […]
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