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  • Fashion students create poetry
    We went to Central St Martins to make poems…
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  • Newcastle Zine Launch
    Join us for the launch of our Newcastle Zine
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  • ‘Zine Making in Newcastle
    Reports from our Newcastle ‘zine making session
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  • Poet in the City looks back at 2023
    A reminder of the events and activities that made Poet in the City’s year
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  • The Exchange
    Local residents, policy makers, charity workers and creatives came together to kick off the Poetry Exchange Hub at Newcastle City Library. Find out more.
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  • Poet in the City to begin new search for Chief Executive
    Isobel Colchester to step down from the role after nine years.
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  • Herstory goes digital
    Herstory – a project exploring the unfinished fight for women’s rights in the UK through poetry and creative programming – is now online.
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  • Poet in the City projects up for prestigious industry awards
    A Drop of Hope and Woolwich Speaks receive recognition from industry design awards and the World Health Organisation.
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  • Newcastle Young Producers gender expression event raises money for Tyneside Women’s Health
    Poet in the City Producers organised their first collaborative event at Cobalt Studios last week, celebrating inclusive gender expression.
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  • We Must Become More Than Strangers: A Poetic Manifesto For Engaging With Communities
    Inspired by discussions held as part of our Words, Voices, Bodies workshop with Dr Karen Simecek, Selina Nwulu offers a poetic manifesto for engaging with communities.
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