What happens when languages collide on the page? Inspired by the ingenious quipus of the Andes and the multilingual work of poets like Cecilia Vicuña, José Felipe Herrera, Fiona Larkin, Sandra Cisneros, Diego Baez, and Natalie Diaz, this workshop will explore the playful, revolutionary, and experimental possibilities of writing across languages.

From the music of words and multiple meanings to the thrill of translation (and the beauty of the untranslatable), we’ll dive into techniques that stretch the boundaries of poetry. In this two-hour session you’ll experiment with interweaving languages, creating plurivocal poems, and discovering new ways to tell stories that resonate across tongues.

Come ready to twist, knot, and tangle words in exciting, unexpected ways—and leave with a brand-new body of multilingual work!

Leo Boix (photo credit – Caleb Femi)

Leo Boix is a bilingual Latinx poet from Argentina, based in the UK. His second collection, Southernmost: Sonnets (Chatto & Windus), was shortlisted for the 2025 Forward Prizes. His debut, Ballad of a Happy Immigrant (2021), was a Poetry Book Society Wild Card and a Guardian top five poetry book. Boix edited and translated Hemisferio Cuir (2025), a groundbreaking anthology of queer Latin American poets. A Complete Works fellow, he co-directs Un Nuevo Sol and sits on the Poetry Translation Centre and Magma boards. He writes for The Morning Star and has received multiple awards, including the Keats-Shelley, the Bart Wolfe and PEN prizes.

We’re able to offer 2 bursary tickets to this workshop for those facing financial difficulty. Please email info@poetrysociety.org.uk to request one of the places. No proof of financial difficulty is required. 

This workshop will take place on Zoom. You will receive the Zoom link 24 hours in advance of the workshop. Please note that this workshop will be recorded.

Tickets are £17 for society members and £27 for non-members.