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Young Adult Poetry Workshop

with writer Miriam Calleja

2023-01-07 10:00:00 2023-01-07 12:00:00 America/Chicago Young Adult Poetry Workshop Improve your writing at this weekly workshop! O’Neal Library - Conference Room

Saturday, January 07
10:00am - 12:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-01-07 10:00:00 2023-01-07 12:00:00 America/Chicago Young Adult Poetry Workshop Improve your writing at this weekly workshop! O’Neal Library - Conference Room

O’Neal Library

Conference Room

Improve your writing at this weekly workshop!

Attention, young writers of Mountain Brook and the Greater Birmingham Area! 

Join us for this FREE 8-week poetry series with writer Miriam Calleja and explore your creativity with peers. Additionally, you'll learn tips on how to prepare your poetry for writing competitions, publications, and reading performances. Novice and experienced young poets will all benefit from these events!

Please bring the following items to the workshop:

  • Notebook
  • Pen/pencil
  • Your wonderful ideas, thoughts, and experiences!

The final session will be a live public poetry reading at the O'Neal Library with a light reception on Saturday, March 4 at 4-6PM. CLICK HERE to register for the grand finale!  

This program series is for teens in grades 7-12. Registration is REQUIRED. Got questions? Email young adult librarians at teens@oneallibrary.org

About Your Instructor: Miriam Calleja is a Maltese bilingual poet and wordsmith.  She has three poetry collections - Pomegranate Heart, Inside, and Stranger Intimacy, and a collaboration titled Luftmeer. Her work appears in anthologies by Sentinel Quarterly, Indigo Dreams Publishing, and The Gloucestershire Poetry Society, and is forthcoming in Modern Poetry in Translation. She has presented her work at literary festivals in Malta, Romania, Italy, and Germany. Her poetry has been translated/published in several languages. She hosts creative writing workshops and also writes for a living. Miriam believes that poetry and prose are tools for storytelling that encourage unity, connection, and understanding. She has great faith in collaboration as a key to communication. Read more on miriamcalleja.com.

AGE GROUP: | Teens (Grades 7-12) |

EVENT TYPE: | Teen Events |

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