Even Now

Writing Towards Hope

Dialect is offering a new three‑part online workshop series, Even Now: Writing Toward Hope, created and led by JLM Morton. The course invites participants to explore how poetry can help us navigate uncertainty, reimagine possibility, and stay connected to what sustains us.

Across three Friday afternoons, the group will read, reflect, and write together, using poetry as a way to practise attention, resilience, and imaginative renewal. The series is open to all - from experienced writers to those just beginning.

Each session focuses on a different dimension of hope:

• Hope begins in the dark — acknowledging difficulty and noticing the first small glimmers.

• Imagining otherwise — opening up new ways of seeing self, story, and future.

• Tending the flame — sustaining hope through ongoing creative practice.

Participants will encounter poems by writers such as Warsan Shire, Seamus Heaney, Lucille Clifton, Ada Limon, Mary Oliver and others. Sessions blend guided prompts, discussion, and spacious time to write, all held within a supportive, non‑judgemental environment.

The series recognises that hope is not a passive feeling but an active, communal practice. Poetry offers a way to hold both difficulty and possibility at once, and this workshop aims to create a space where that balance can be explored with care.

Practicalities

• Dates: Fridays — 23 January, 30 January, 6 February

• Time: 1–3pm (online via Zoom)

• Cost: £65 / £58 concession

More information and booking can be found below.