If you want to write more poetic prose and/or find out how your poetry can truly take wing, join our Featured Guest Sebastian (‘Baz’) Lewis on the next Heard Word online writing workshop. Always free and open to anyone who loves writing.

That’s Monday the 9th of February 2026 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom.

To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our presenting writers. There are both 20-minute (1500 words) and 5-minute (700 word “lighting round”) slots available. You can sign up here: https://docs.google.com/…/1TfI5…/edit…

Even if you aren’t presenting, please join us to offer feedback. Here is the link. https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/85437743352…

A bit more about our Featured Guest:

Baz is a writer from Dorset, and The Story Works’ inaugural Young Poet Laureate for Bournemouth (2025-26). His work has been published in ANMLY, Eche, Full House, and elsewhere. They have also worked in collaboration with Lyra Poetry Festival, The Poetry Society, and the Oxford Poetry Library to help make words happen. Also, Baz is the Poetry Editor of the Bournemouth Journal.