Sun, Sep 27
|606 Victoria St
Newcomer Workshops: Poetry
A workshop designed to help you practice and explore the wonderful world of poetry! EMLF's newcomer workshops are designed for immigrants, newcomers, and people with migrations experiences, especially those who learning to read and write in English.
Time & Location
Sep 27, 2026, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
606 Victoria St, 606 Victoria St, Nelson, BC V1L 4J4, Canada
About the Event
This workshop will be hosted by the talented and award-winning Rayya Liebich! Rayya Liebich is a writer and educator of Lebanese and Polish descent. She is the author of the award-winning chapbook Tell Me Everything, the poetry collection Min Hayati (Inanna Publications), and the hybrid memoir Milk Teeth (Pownal Street Press). The last two years she has channeled her rage and grief over the horrors in Palestine into three chapbooks: Khalas/Enough (Gridlock Lit), Word Games for Times of Genocide (Pinhole Poetry) and Litany of Words I Cannot Read (Publication Studio Guelph). She believes in the power of words to change minds and hearts and in the responsibility of artists to be truth-tellers.
Tickets
General Admission
$10.00
+$0.25 ticket service fee
Total
$0.00