In this hands-on and pens to paper workshop, participants can expect tips on how to write poetry that mixes English with other heritage and learned languages. Writing multilingual poetry is a great way to draw on and communicate all of your cultures and identities in a way that is rich and true to your experience.
Drawing upon several of his poems and processes that mix Twi, Japanese and English as stimuli, Andrew will guide participants to craft their own multilingual poems.
If you take part in this workshop, you might be interested in joining the Potluck Story Share and signing up to read or recite a poem at the Mother Tongue Multilingual Mic on Saturday 1 July 2023.
Tickets: $20 Full/ $10 Concession/ $0 Access
Andrew Geoffrey Kwabena Moss is a writer and teacher who has lived in the UK, Japan and currently Australia. Of Anglo-Ghanaian heritage, his work seeks to explore and challenge liminal landscapes, complex identities and the social constructs of race. Andrew’s work has been widely published internationally by publications including Afropean, Fly on the Wall Press, Sundress Publications and The Caribbean Writer, among others.
Andrew’s debut novella Nicked Names was published by RoseyRavelston Books in July 2022. He released three full length poetry books Japanabandon, Manifest.oh! and Diaspora³ through RoseyRavelston Books in February 2023. ‘Childish Recollections’, Andrew’s fourth full-length poetry collection will be published by The Black Spring Press Group later this year.
Alongside primary school teaching, Andrew tutors Creative Writing at the University of Canberra.