LOCATION
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME
ABOUT THE EVENT
TIME
Saturday - 12:30pm
PRICE
£24.50 / £18.50
Developing strategies for responding to other poems, and going from inspiration to innovation.
As T.S. Eliot says 'No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone’. We are in many ways always responding to what we take in. After poems are more intentional in their acknowledgement of the source. We’ll discuss, read, and write together.
ABOUT THE POET
Theresa Lola is an award winning poet, writer, and brand consultant. She was featured in the ‘Forces for Change’ issue of British Vogue as a next generation talent. In 2022 her poem Equilibrium from her first poetry collection was added to OCR’s GCSE English Literature syllabus. Her second poetry collection is Ceremony for the Nameless (Penguin Press, 2024).
In 2018 Lola was awarded the Brunel International African Poetry Prize, and the following year was the Young People’s Laureate for London. She holds a Masters in Creative Writing from University of Oxford, earning a distinction.
Her writing has been commissioned for campaigns and projects by Aesop, National Gallery, Selfridges, Royal Festival Hall, and more. Fashion designer Osman Yousefzada selected her as his co-writer for his London Fashion Week film.
Lola has led poetry workshops across schools, projects, and organisations, including for Dulwich Picture Gallery, The Poetry School, and Outspoken. She has read her work across the UK and internationally in Brazil, Singapore, Romania, and more.