Featuring: Ella McLeod, Dean Atta, Ashley Hickson-Lovence
Chair: Ehireme Omoaka
Fountain Room 2, Level 0
Time: 4.30pm – 5.30pm
For Ages: 12+
What makes a poem feel like it was written just for you?
In this open and inspiring session, poets and novelists Ella McLeod, Dean Atta, and Ashley Hickson-Lovence share how they craft YA poetry that captures real life in all its rhythm, rawness, and beauty. From identity, love, and ambition to grief, friendship, and self-discovery, they’ll explore how poetry gives young people a language for their deepest truths.
Chaired by writer and cultural commentator Ehireme Omoaka, this is a must-attend conversation for anyone who believes poetry can speak directly to the heart — and maybe even change it.
Come for the words. Stay for the rhythm. Leave with lines you’ll never forget.
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