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2022

January-July Tutor @ The Poetry School: The Poet's Toolkit , Seminars

July 20th GemArts Masala Festival

September 21st Online Book launch, The Glimmer

September-December Tutor @ The Poetry School: Finding the form; Breaking the Mould

November 29th Book launch @ The Fitzrovia Chapel

 

2021

January-July Tutor @ The Poetry School: Advanced Poetry Workshop, Seminars

January-March Artist in residence, Living Words

March-October Artist facilitator, Art by Post @ the Southbank Centre

September-December Tutor @ The Poetry School: The Poet's Toolkit, Seminars

 

 

 

2020

January-February Writer-in-residence @ Arquetopia Foundation, Oaxaca

January-December Tutor @ The Poetry School, The Poet's Toolkit Term 2

March 'Bold Words: Poetry for Dementia', Poetry Library, Southbank Centre

December IG Live: The Taxidermist: reading and talk, Normal? Festival of the Brain

October-December Bringing the Inside Out, Living Words, nationwide

 

 

2019

Jan 7th Poetry event @ Exiled Lit Cafe, The Poetry Cafe

January-March Tutor @ The Poetry School, The Poet's Toolkit Term 2

March Writer-in-residence @ Living Warriors pilot project, Folkestone

April-July Tutor @ The Poetry School, The Poet's Toolkit Term 3

April-July Tutor @ The Poetry School, The Persona Poem - Masterclass (online)

July 7th Poetry event: Modern Day Mystics @ Bradford Literature Festival

September-December Tutor @ The Poetry School, The Poet's Toolkit Term 1

October-December Tutor @ The Poetry School, Poetry Seminar Group

 

2018

Jan 10th-Feb 28th Writer in Residence @ Living Words, London

Jan 30th-March 13th Tutor @ The Poetry School, Bending Form: an exploration of possibilities (online course)

Jan 25th-Feb 22nd Tutor @ The Poetry School, Beyond the Self: the persona poem (5-week course)

May-July Writer in Residence @ Living Words, Folkestone

May 26th Poetry event, Hay Festival

July 7th Poetry event, Bradford Literature Festival

Oct 2018 – June 2019 Tutor @ The Poetry School: The Poet’s Toolkit

Sept-Nov Writer in Residence @ Living Words, Folkestone

Oct 20th Poetry panel, Asian Writer Festival

Oct 23rd Poetry reading, South Lambeth Library

Nov 28th Poetry & Jazz, Tara Arts

2017

Dec 2016-Feb 2017 Writer in Residence @ Living Words, London

Jan-April Brave New Voices workshop series with English PEN & The British Red Cross

Feb 19th Poetry event & workshop, Verve Poetry Festival, Birmingham

April 12th Launch of The Things I Would Tell You: British Muslim Women Write (ed. Sabrina Mahfouz) @ Waterstones Piccadilly, London

May 15th-19th Workshops & event, National Poetry Day Schools Festival, Hull

May 18th-July 27th Tutor @ The Poetry School, Bending Form: an exploration of possibilities (online)

Sep 20th Visiting Writer @ Lumb Bank, Arvon

Oct 25th–27th Trading Stories @ Scottish Storytelling Festival, Edinburgh

Dec 17th Poetry Day workshops @ Kingsdale Foundation School, London

2016

Jan-Feb  Artists’ International Development Fund (British Council/Arts Council) – R&D trip to Pakistan

Feb-April Tutor @ The Poetry School, World Poetry in Translation

March-May Writer in Residence @ Living Words, London & Folkestone

May 20th Talk on Sex and Sexuality @ Alchemy Festival, Southbank Centre, London

May 25th Poetry event @ Salaam Shalom, Bristol

May 27th Where Now? (Living Words performance) @ the Festival of the Brain, Folkestone

Aug20-26th Poetry event: Trading Stories: Scotland & Pakistan @ Edinburgh Book Festival + Outer Hebrides

Dec 2016-Feb 2017  Writer in Residence @ Living Words, London