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Making Poetry: Creating Banner Poems

Create your own protest banner poems in a workshop led by poet and artist Astra Papachristodoulou as part of her exhibition at the National Poetry Library.

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This hands-on workshop is low pressure and fun, and is open to poets at any stage of their practice.

The essence of protest banners boils down to a mix of language, matter, action, context and environment.

Learn how to utilise found materials and textiles and merge them with poetry in interesting ways.

Participants have the opportunity to explore the concept of ‘banner poems’, share their ideas and reflect on the transformative properties of protest materials.

Need to know

Age guidance
For ages 16+

For your visit

This event is held at the National Poetry Library Southbank Centre

The National Poetry Library is open six days a week.

Tuesday, 12 noon – 6pm
Wednesday – Sunday, 12 noon – 8pm
Monday, closed.

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Getting here

The National Poetry Library is on Level 5 of our Royal Festival Hall.

Our address is Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London, SE1 8XX.

The nearest tube stations to us are Waterloo and Embankment; Waterloo is also the nearest train station. And more than 20 different London bus routes pass within 500 metres of our venues.  More information on getting here by rail, road or river is available on our Getting here page.

We’re cash-free

Please note that we’re unable to accept cash payments across our venues.

 

Access

We’re working hard to remove barriers, so that our facilities and events can be accessible to as many people as possible.

All help points, toilets, performance and exhibition spaces at the Southbank Centre are accessible to all, as are the cafes, bars and restaurants. We also have excellent public transport links with step-free access. 

All information about booking wheelchair spaces, step-free access, blue badge parking, access maps and guides and other help available whilst you’re here, including details about our Access Scheme, can be found on our Access page.

 

Study & library use

The library is London’s only space dedicated to poetry study. Visitors studying another subject or looking for a place to work are kindly asked to find an alternative space in the Royal Festival Hall.