Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) is hosting Writing the Earth, a free online evening event open to the public in celebration of Earth Day.
Earth Day, taking place on Tuesday 22 April this year, is the largest advocate for environmental action worldwide, partnering with over 150,000 organisations across 192 countries to promote positive action for the planet. Earth Day's goal is to expand, educate, and engage the environmental movement on a global scale.
Celebrating Earth Day, Writing the Earth, is a programme of events comprising author talks, readings, workshops, book launches, and open mics convened by Dr Kevan Manwaring, Course Leader on MA Creative Writing (Online) at AUB.
Following a welcome from Kevan at 18.00, the evening will start with the keynote speaker, Dr Helen Moore, talking about Ecopoetikon, a new project that’s been funded and developed at the University of Gloucestershire to research and showcase global ecopoetries, followed by a Q&A session.
Helen is a pioneering British ecopoet, socially engaged artist, and writer based in Dorset. She's published ecopoetry collections including Hedge Fund: and Other Living Margins (Shearsman Books, 2012) and ECOZOA (Permanent Publications, 2015), acclaimed by the Australian poet John Kinsella as ‘a milestone in the journey of ecopoetics’.
An exclusive preview of Dr Harry Whitehead’s new novel, The White Road will be discussed with Harry and Kevan at 19.00. Kevan describes the novel as, “A gripping, page-turning eco-thriller, part oil rig drama and part survival story. The worlds of the oil industry and the Arctic are convincingly rendered.”
The evening concludes with a showcase from AUB’s MA Creative Writing (Online) course in the Earth Bards Open Mic. Kevan says to “Expect poems, stories, monologues, and the experimental exploring eco-themes.”
Writing the Earth 2025 will take place on Tuesday 22 April, 18.00–21.00. The event is hosted online – tickets are available from Eventbrite.
