Join The Poetry Society for this generative workshop with Helen Mort, exploring how sound and music can shape and transform our poems.

Together, we’ll listen closely to language: its beats, echoes, pauses and textures. Through playful writing exercises, Helen will guide you to experiment with the whole panoply of sound effects, as well as voice, and how to utilise silence. Drawing inspiration from poets who foreground sound in a variety of ways, this workshop will help you tune into the sonic possibilities of your writing. You’ll leave with new drafts and confidence in using sound as a creative force in your poetry.

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Helen Mort has published three collections with Chatto & Windus. Her fourth, ‘Stepmother’, will be published in July 2026. She is a Professor of Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

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 the working day before the workshop. Please note that this workshop will be recorded. This workshop is intended for an adult audience.