Writing with Water, Hydro-poetics Workshop with Becca Drake

In this two hour workshop, join poet Becca Drake to explore ways of writing with water. From drifting fragments of poetry in a paddling pool, to letting water intervene on the written page (and a detour through the best ‘blue’ poetry being written now), we will work together with water to co-compose our poems. Suitable for all ages and levels of experience. This is the perfect workshop to jump in if you are new to poetry, or if you want to try writing poetry in unexpected ways!

Becca Drake (she/they) is a poet and researcher based in York. Her book Unstill Landscapes (Guillemot Press, 2025) was BBC Radio 4 Poetry Extra Book of the Month. She has taught English Literature and Creative Writing for the University of York, as well as for Hull Museums Trust, Yorkshire Museums Trust, and grassroots arts and heritage organisations across Yorkshire. Her critical research explores lived landscapes of the medieval sea, the blue humanities, and medieval poetry as a tool for exploring affective relationships with landscapes of contemporary water crisis. Becca edits and prints experimental letterpress poetry pamphlets under the name Little Hirundine.