Poet and facilitator Hannah Lowe is running an online poetry writing workshop exploring the glosa.

The glosa is a Spanish poetic form that begins with a cabeza – a borrowed quatrain – and grows into a dialogue between poets across time and space.

Join top UK poet, Hannah Lowe, to explore the glosa,  a centuries-old Spanish poetic form that begins with a cabeza - a borrowed quatrain - and grows into a dialogue between poets across time and space. In this workshop, we’ll read some striking contemporary examples, trace how poets reinvent the form to honour and challenge their sources, and try writing our own glosas. You’ll leave with the beginnings of a new poem and a form that invites deep listening, echo, and transformation.

Hannah Lowe is a poet, memoirist and academic. Her last book, The Kids (2021), won the Costa Poetry Award and the Costa Book of the Year, 2021.The forthcoming one is The Woman in the Chinese Collar (2027). Her first poetry collection, Chick (2013), won the Michael Murphy Memorial Award for Best First Collection. In September 2014, she was named as one of 20 Next Generation poets. Her family memoir Long Time, No See (2015) featured as Radio 4’s Book of the Week. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University. www.hannahlowe.me

2 hours long

Start time: 9am UK time // 5pm Perth Australia // 7.30pm Adelaide // 6.30 Darwin // 7pm Brisbane // 8pm Sydney, AEST // 10pm NZ

Times on the homepage of this site are in London, UK Timezone, but when you add the event to your calendar it should be correct for your local time zone.

You can check your timezone against London UK time here: https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-gadgets/time-zone-converter/

Cost £30 GBP (with cost effective exchange via STRIPE)

Zoom link and materials will be sent by email at least 2 days prior. If you don’t receive it get in touch with me.

More events here https://www.cathdrake.com

Note that the workshop maybe recorded and we may decide to sell a very limited number of recordings of the workshop for those who can't attend the date. If you can't make the date of the workshop let me know.