Lyric as Resistance with Willo Drummond

Join Willo Drummond, a poet and lecturer in creative writing, for a poetry workshop this pride month.

Use a range of poems as prompts, experiment with various ways to find your poetic voice and write from lived experience, as we explore the idea of lyric as resistance in this reading and writing workshop.

This workshop is suitable for all adults ages 18 and over, and is LGBTQIA+ friendly, exploring and celebrating queer identities and personal expression.

$5.00 + booking fee

Participants are encouraged to bring along a favourite poem and/or a recent news clipping to respond.

Willo's books will also be available for purchase on the day.

Enquiries: 8495 5028 or libraryprograms@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au

Interested in expression via poetry? Check out the Australian Poetry Slam Heat at Manly Saturday 28 June, or our monthly Open Mic Nights.

Willo Drummond is a queer poet and teacher of creative writing whose critically acclaimed debut
collection Moon Wrasse (Puncher & Wattmann, 2023) was shortlisted for the Kenneth Slessor
Prize for Poetry in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards and commended in the Five Islands
Poetry Prize for a First Book of Poetry. In 2024, Moon Wrasse was selected as one of 6 Australian
poetry titles to feature in the annual Aesop Queer Library.