Historically, our literature has been loud with the silences of those who’ve been excluded. Join Louisa Adjoa Parker, a writer of extraordinary skill, warmth and courage for an interactive workshop exploring the rich diversity of rural writing with its varied voices. Taking inspiration from working class, ethnically diverse and women writers who write through experience at the margins of this ‘green and pleasant land,’ you’ll work with prompts and exercises to come away with new work and a different take on what it means to write the rural today. All writers are welcome, wherever you live and whatever your experience / background or genre.

Tickets are £30+ or pay what you can for low/unwaged click here to book.

About Louisa Adjoa-Parker

Louisa is a British writer and poet of Ghanaian and English heritage who lives in south west England. Her poetry collections include Salt-sweat and Tears (Cinnamon Press) and How to wear a skin (Indigo Dreams). Her first short story collection, Stay with me, will be published later this year with Colenso Books; and she is writing a coastal memoir, extending her essay, At the water’s edge (Little Toller Books, 2020/21).

Louisa began writing to talk about the racism and domestic violence she experienced as a child, and is passionate about telling the stories of marginalised voices and making literature accessible to everyone. She set up the Where are you really from? project which tells stories of black and brown rural lives. Louisa is an experienced creative writing facilitator and believes that the Arts are a powerful tool for personal and societal change. Her work explores themes including rural racism, identity, home, place, gender, motherhood, grief and violence.