Hands: How They Make or Break History

Handmade. Hand-me-down. Hands down. Heavy-handed. Handsy. Handyman. Sleight of hand. On the other hand. We can go on… The hand is not simply a body part. The variations of use of 'hand' in the English language is proof of this itself! The hand is a metonym, a synecdoche, a prayer, an enabler of touch, a cultural symbol, a political gesture apart from being a necessary vehicle of everyday movement and utility and labour. In a way, our hands carry our very own personal histories, if not of the wider world.

Join us in this generative poem writing workshop (open to writers across all levels). We will discuss poems that celebrate this often overlooked body part and we will try 'our hand' at generating some written material. Come empty-handed if you wish or bring along a notebook and a pen!

Workshop Aims & Objectives

• We will discuss works from a range of…