Events
Poetry workshop: poetry and drawing
Join Resonance Poetry Collective for a free workshop exploring exploring the ways drawing and mark-making interact with writing poetry.
Together we'll make some big, fun drawings and let loose on the page. Writers and makers of all levels of experience welcome. There'll be a chance to share your work but never any pressure to do so.
Feedbacking: poetry crit
A free, two-hour crit session providing feedback on your writing from other poets.
In this supportive and friendly crit session, each writer will have a poem workshopped by the group, who will provide constructive advice on what's working and what you might like to think about going forward with your next edit.
Please bring a notebook and pen/pencil, and be prepared to share your piece electronically on the day (or, if you'd like to bring hard copies for the group, you're very welcome to!).
Free to attend, sign up here.
Resonance anthology launch party
A free event to launch our fourth annual anthology!💥 Hear poets read their work from the anthology💥 Get your own copy for £6.50💥 Bundle with a copy of last year’s anthology for £11. All proceeds go towards supporting our work: community projects, workshops, events and print publications in the future.
Poetry workshop: everything is a poem
A free two hour workshop where we'll think about poems as experiences or moments which exist outside of language and which we then translate into text. We'll ask what is lost and gained in this translation.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome.
Poetry workshop: parks, poetry and ritual
At this two hour workshop for Telegraph Hill Festival, we’ll read and write poetry on parks, place, nature and ritual.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. Everyone is welcome, whether you're a seasoned writer or have never written a poem before.
Free to attend, sign up here.
Poetry workshop: musicalities
At this two hour workshop in collaboration with Goldsmiths English Society, we’ll explore musicality and sound as an alternative kind of sense-making, and use this to explore ideas of poetic voice.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. Everyone is welcome, whether you're a seasoned writer or have never written a poem before.
Free to attend, sign up here.
Poetry workshop: poetry and drawing
Join Resonance Poetry Collective for a free workshop exploring exploring the ways drawing and mark-making interact with writing poetry.
Together we'll make some big, fun drawings and let loose on the page. Writers and makers of all levels of experience welcome. There'll be a chance to share your work but never any pressure to do so.
Poetry workshop: poems against the machine
At this free, two-hour workshop, we'll read some poems written by humans and write some of our own, thinking about how poetry resists the language of efficiency and commercialisation.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome.
March open mic night
The original friendliest poetry night in town. Open to anyone who loves to read, listen to or write poetry! We have 10 advance reader slots and 5 on the door – to sign up to read, email us or send us a message on our Instagram.
Poetry workshop: (trans)formations: re-imagining gender and poetry
Join Resonance Poetry Collective for a free workshop exploring queerness as a creative act which makes something new and alive from fragments. We will read and write poetry on trans and gender non-conforming experience, and make art using old clothing, cut up and collage.
Poetry workshop: What is a sonnet and do you swallow one
A free, two-hour workshop exploring queerness and the sonnet form! As part of the workshop, we'll read some poems, share ideas, and complete some writing exercises. They'll be a chance to share your work but never any pressure to do so. Writers of all levels of experience welcome.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome.
February open mic night
The original friendliest poetry night in town. Open to anyone who loves to read, listen to or write poetry! We have 10 advance reader slots and 5 on the door – to sign up to read, send us a message on our Instagram.
Poetry and weather
At this two hour workshop we’ll read and write poetry exploring storms, rain and all kinds of wonderful weather.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome – let us know you’re coming here.
December open mic night
The original friendliest poetry night in town. Open to anyone who loves to read, listen to or write poetry!
Poetry and labour workshop
At this two hour workshop we’ll read and write poetry exploring the tension between art and labour, ideas of value, work and play.
Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome – let us know you’re coming here.
November open mic night
The original friendliest poetry night in town. Open to anyone who loves to read, listen to or write poetry! At this event, fifteen readers will share their work across three sections. We have ten advance reader slots, and five on the door - let us know if you want to read here.
Poetry feast
what links poetry and food? nourishment, sustenance, ritual, community. they are gifts we give to one another.
join us for this event, which will be structured as a meal, with a starter, main course, and dessert section. during each course we will share food, read and write poetry!
you are invited to bring yourselves, a poem or piece of writing you love, and a dish if you are able.
free and open to all. let us know you’re coming here.
Poetry and punctuation workshop
At this two hour workshop we’ll read and write poetry exploring the punctuation, how it creates and disrupts rhythm, and alters meaning. Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome – let us know you’re coming here.
September open mic night
The original friendliest poetry night in town. Open to anyone who loves to read, listen to or write poetry! At this event, fifteen readers will share their work across three sections. We have ten advance reader slots, and five on the door – let us know if you want to read here.
Ekphrastic poetry workshop
At this two hour workshop we’ll read and write poetry inspired by painting and sculpture. Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome – let us know you’re coming here.
Sentimentality in poetry
At this two hour workshop we’ll read and write poetry about [insert theme explainer 5 to 10 words]. Bring yourself, a pen and some paper, and we’ll bring the rest. It’s a very relaxed and informal space where everyone is welcome – let us know you’re coming here.
August open mic night
July open mic
The launch of the brand new, 2025 Resonance anthology
Join us for the official launch of our third annual anthology, featuring 40+ poets from across London's vibrant queer scene. Expect readings, wine, and the kind of electric energy that only comes from celebrating radical voices together.
Poetry workshop at the Feminist Library
A monthly safe space for writers to experiment, share work-in-progress, and build craft alongside fellow poets. No experience necessary—just bring curiosity and an open heart.
Poetry workshop at the Feminist Library
A monthly safe space for writers to experiment, share work-in-progress, and build craft alongside fellow poets. No experience necessary—just bring curiosity and an open heart.
Poetry workshop at the Feminist Library
A monthly safe space for writers to experiment, share work-in-progress, and build craft alongside fellow poets. No experience necessary—just bring curiosity and an open heart.
Poetry workshop at the Feminist Library
A monthly safe space for writers to experiment, share work-in-progress, and build craft alongside fellow poets. No experience necessary—just bring curiosity and an open heart.