Winchester Poetry Festival 2025
Poetry Collage from the Compost of the Classics: drop-in session with AJ Hardingson
Cut, compose and create using classics ranging from Austen and Marlowe to Zephaniah as your starting material.
In this fun, playful and accessible workshop we will explore the cut-up technique and blackout poetry as ways to enhance, reclaim, remix, transform and revolutionise classics that we admire or revile into a piece of art distinctly our own.
By the end of the workshop you will have at least one piece of poetry collage art to take home (A4 in size).
AJ Hardingson is a mixed-race, queer poet, author and storyteller. A recent mentee of the Write Beyond Borders international literature development programme, AJ is currently working on a poetry project on belonging and ethnic diversity in the New Forest.
Suitable for: all ages, all abilities, no experience of reading or writing poetry required.
Duration: 1.5 hours
Format: in person, drop-in session.
Access: wheelchair accessible throughout, relaxed event, all resources provided.
