Join award-winning poet and narrowboat dweller, Sammy Weaver, for this 2-hour poetry and walking workshop exploring the Salford Quays.

From the soot-blackened faces that inspired Engels to become a socialist to the current-day urban nature reserve, we will delve into this post-Industrial waterway, listening for new poems between the cracks. We will slow down to discover the more-than-human lives around us, allowing our human language to be corrupted by them. Through guided exercises and inspiring discussion, we will learn an ecopoetics that dwells in the toxic ruination of our times to not only survive but blossom. We will become part water, part buddleja, to reflect upon our own wild and wayside selves. You will leave swilling with new poems and ideas about our deep connection with post-Industrial environments.

Please note that this workshop includes walking outdoors, weather permitting. We recommend dressing for the weather and wearing comfortable, suitable footwear.