Masterclass B: "Teasing out a Theme" - with Stephanie Conn

This workshop will consider the notion of theme – different approaches, novel ways in, fresh slants, surprising angles and unexpected turns.

This workshop will consider the notion of theme – different approaches we, as poets, might take; novel ways in, fresh slants, surprising angles, unexpected turns.
We’ll also consider the pitfalls to watch out for when shaping our ideas and receive editing advice worth keeping in mind when preparing a poem for submission. The workshop will include a range of generative prompts. How might we ensure our words endure?

Stephanie Conn is a poet, creative writing facilitator, mentor and literacy consultant. She is the author of Copeland’s Daughter (Smith/ Doorstep, 2016), The Woman on the Other Side (2016), Island (2018) and off-kilter (2022) all published by Doire Press. Stephanie’s poetry has won a range of poetry prizes including the inaugural Seamus Heaney Award for New Writing. She is the recipient of multiple awards – most recently a Royal Society of Literature Literacy Matters Award, a writing residency at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris and an Arts Council of Northern Ireland Major Individual Award.