Raise the Bar: Writing Workshop | Winter 2027
Arnolfini Arts · BS1
16 January 2027 – 16 January 2027
£5
Workshop, Talks, Social
Raise the Bar's Winter writing workshop at **Arnolfini** is welcome to **writers of all levels of experience.** Come along and enjoy a creative start to 2027.
Our Winter guest facilitator is the brilliant poet **Tom Sastry**. You’ll be guided through gentle writing prompts to generate new work, engage in lively discussions about contemporary poetry and craft, and meet other poets in the community.
Whether you are new to writing poetry or are an experienced/published writer, all are welcome to join our affordable workshops, with tickets available for just £5.
15 places are available (first come first served, advanced booking essential).
**Date:** Saturday 16th January 2026
**Time:** 12:00 - 14:00pm
**Location:** Arnolfini (Reading Room)
**Price:** £5
⭐ FACILITATOR ⭐
**Tom Sastry**’s four collections of poetry been (variously) Poetry School Book of the Year, Poetry Book Society pamphlet choice, highly commended in the Forward Prize and shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney First Collection Prize.
He is interested in the ability of poetry to say what is hidden in plain sight. Hera Lindsay Bird calls him “a magician of deadpan”. Amy Acre says he is “incisive, witty, surreal, truthful” and, according to Carol Ann Duffy he “navigates the mysterious everyday...making friendships and love affairs new and strange"