Start 2025 by joining acclaimed poet Jennifer Wong’s workshop to discover ways of translating your emotional experiences into poems.
By exploring the works of various contemporary poets on the complexity, (un)reliability and contradictions within the human mind, from joy to grief to love, including those of Joy Harjo, Jack Underwood, Lisa Kelly, Caroline Bird and Chen Chen, you will rediscover ways to access memories and dreams and express them on the page. Suitable for all levels, the workshop will offer the chance for group discussion and a Q&A on writing, editing and getting published in magazines. Space is limited so sign up quickly!
Born in Hong Kong and now based in the UK, Jennifer Wong is the author of poetry collections which include Goldfish (Chameleon Press), Letters Home (Nine Arches Press), Diary of a Miu Miu Salesgirl (Bitter Melon Poetry), Time Difference (Verve),as well as Identity, Home and Writing Elsewhere in Contemporary Chinese Diaspora Poetry (Bloomsbury). She is a co-editor of anthologies including Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology (Verve) and State of Play: Poets of East and Southeast Asian Heritage in Conversation (Outspoken Press). With a PhD in creative writing from Oxford Brookes University and having taught at Poetry School, City Lit London, Oxford Brookes, Kubrick Poetry, Stanford House and Arvon, she has been a popular workshop leader for the HKILF.
Saturday, 11 January 2025 | 4-6pm (by Zoom)
Members: HK$200 | Non-members: HK$250*