B5 WORKSHOP These Are the Words: Fearless Verse to Find Your Voice with Nikita Gill
Bath Children's Literature Festival 2023
The Forum Ballroom
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- 11.30am – 13.00pm
- 10+
Join internationally-acclaimed poet Nikita Gill for an inspiring and informative poetry workshop, as she discusses her empowering poetry collection, These Are the Words, which explores all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger. She will encourage you to write your own poems, with the option to share it with the group at the end of the session. This is a brilliant opportunity to learn how to put your own thoughts and experiences into words, from one of the most influential and well-known voices in modern poetry.
About the Author:
Nikita Gill is a British-Indian poet, playwright, writer and illustrator living in the south of England. She has published five collections of poetry: Your Soul Is A River (Thought Catalog), Your Heart is the Sea (Thought Catalog), Wild Embers (Trapeze), Fierce Fairytales (Trapeze) and Great Goddesses (Ebury). She is the editor of the poetry anthology SLAM! (Macmillan Children’s Books) and her next book, a novel in verse called The Girl and Goddess was published by Ebury on National Poetry Day 2020. Her highly anticipated YA debut, These Are the Words is an empowering, feminist and beautifully illustrated poetry collection exploring all the things Nikita wished someone had told her when she was younger.
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