Join acclaimed writer Louisa Adjoa Parker for a nature writing workshop at Speakers Corner!
Explore what the natural world means to you and write a poem in collaboration with others.
Recommended for children aged 7+.
About Louisa Adjoa Parker
Louisa Adjoa Parker is a writer of English-Ghanaian heritage based in the Southwest. She has published four poetry collection and a short story collection, and has a memoir about life in Devon as a teenager of mixed heritage forthcoming with Little Toller Books. Louisa’s poetry and prose, exploring themes of race, identity, belonging, place, rurality, and nature, has been widely published and anthologised. She has been highly commended by the Forward Prize; twice shortlisted by the Bridport Prize; commended by the National Poetry Competition; and won the US Virginia Faulkner Award for Excellence in Writing.
Louisa has performed work in the Southwest and beyond and has delivered creative writing workshops to thousands of participants in a variety of settings. Her poem The Jewellery Maker is part of the AQA English Literature GCSE Worlds and Lives collection. Louisa has written books, exhibitions, and essays on Global Majority history and rural racism, and as well as writing, works as an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion consultant. Along with Louise Boston-Mammah, she is the co-director of The Inclusion Agency.
Her love of nature and commitment to social justice and wellbeing for all is at the heart of all her work. Read more about her work:
