The Houses We Carry: A Poetry & Zine Making Workshop

To celebrate Black History Month, join poet and interdisciplinary artist Phoenix Yemi for a creative afternoon of writing, collage and zine-making inspired by her ongoing project Twelve Acts of Shelter.

Together we’ll explore the many houses we carry, imagining shelter not only as architecture, but as people, language, memories, landscapes, rituals, and the futures we are still imagining.

Through guided free writing, collage and the creation of a Turkish map-fold zine, participants will transform fragments of text, image and personal archive into a handmade publication to take home.

All materials will be provided, though participants are encouraged to bring photographs, drawings, letters, magazine cuttings or other paper materials that hold personal meaning.

Alongside their individual zines, participants will have the opportunity to contribute a fragment towards a collective publication, creating a shared archive of shelter, memory and Black imagination.

No previous writing or art-making experience is needed.

Run in partnership with Lewisham Libraries. Part of our Lewisham, Borough of Literature campaign.