Library Inspirations
A couple of years ago, Essex Poetry Festival organiser Derek Adams asked me to run a poetry workshop at Brentwood Public Library based on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘work’.
As a librarian, the obvious thing seemed to be to base activities around the sort of things that I come across in my working life that inspire my poems. It seemed a good way to promote tucked away sections of Brentwood’s collections, like reference and philosophy, and, after chatting to the librarians at Brentwood, ‘Finding Inspiration in Your Local Library’ was born …
Library Inspirations
A couple of years ago, Essex Poetry Festival organiser Derek Adams asked me to run a poetry workshop at Brentwood Public Library based on the National Poetry Day theme of ‘work’.
As a librarian, the obvious thing seemed to be to base activities around the sort of things that I come across in my working life that inspire my poems. It seemed a good way to promote tucked away sections of Brentwood’s collections, like reference and philosophy, and, after chatting to the librarians at Brentwood, ‘Finding Inspiration in Your Local Library’ was born …
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