The Spittoon Poetry Workshop is Born

The launch announcement for the Spittoon Poetry Workshop — a free bi-weekly workshop at Cafe Zarah in Beijing from April 2019, offering poets the chance to share work, receive feedback, and connect with other writers.

A New Space for Poets

“A poet’s work… to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world and stop it from going to sleep.” — Salman Rushdie

From 15th April 2019, Spittoon launched a free bi-weekly poetry workshop at Cafe Zarah on Guloudongdajie, run by Spittoon Events Coordinator Sara F. Costa. Every two weeks on a Monday, 8pm to 10pm. Open to all levels. Free entry.

How It Works

Participants send poems in advance to the group. Other poets discuss and comment on the work. Writers meet, connect, and start creative projects. Not ready to share yet? Come along for the discussion anyway.

Originally published April 2019 on the Spittoon WeChat channel. The workshop took place at Cafe Zarah, Guloudongdajie No. 46, Dongcheng District, Beijing.

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Matthew Byrne | Writer, Founder, Digital Marketer