Come and join in a creative session with Kwame Dawes, the current Poet Laureate of Jamaica, who has had a deep connection with Spread the Word now London Writers Centre for around thirty years as a facilitator and mentor.  The session, which has been shaped in response to the rich lived experiences of Caribbean elders to enable a group to participate and bring perspectives to it, will encourage conversation, some writing and encourage participants to recount and to share stories and memories.  The workshop which is being held in London, is being hosted by the Hummingbird Social Club in Catford and The London Writers Centre and it has been co-produced by the London Writers Centre and Renaissance One.

About Kwame Dawes

Kwame Dawes is a poet, author and scholar who has written many books of poetry and works of fiction, criticism, and essays, most recently the poetry collections Sturge Town (2023) and Mortality (2024), co-written with John Kinsella. Since the late 90’s up to the present, Dawes has mentored numerous poets, including many of the leading poets on the UK scene today. He is the Poet Laureate of Jamaica from 2024 to 2027 and in 2022, he was awarded the Order of Distinction Commander class by the Government of Jamaica.