Workshop: Creative Writing Workshop: The Language of Climate Breakdown by S.K. Perry
This workshop invites participants to write creatively in any language they wish in a relaxed, guided environment. We will be responding to creative writing prompts about climate breakdown, working to consider the many languages - of feeling, of ecology, of time, and of justice - that we are navigating together when we try to communicate what is happening. Participants will be led through a series of activities to respond creatively, in discussion and on the page, with the opportunity to share work in a digital pamphlet emerging from the session.
Led by writer and Leeds university lecturer S.K. Perry, this workshop will be a relaxed evening of creative writing in whatever language you choose. Through discussion, reading, and guided activities, participants will respond to prompts considering the language of climate breakdown, and will offer a space to put the feelings we have - as we consider it - into words.
S.K. Perry is a fiction writer and poet, who works as a lecturer at the University of Leeds. Sarah's debut novel Let Me Be Like Water was longlisted for the Ondaatje Prize and chosen for Brighton Festival's City Reads pick.
This is a Leeds City of Languages Festival event. Check the full programme at leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk