Poetry Writing Workshop with Jane McKie

How can we articulate grace on the page? This workshop offers aspiring poets of all contemplative backgrounds an opportunity to combine abstract spiritual inquiry with precise, grounded detail. Through exercises and examples, together we'll explore the effects of juxtaposing the numinous and the concrete. All welcome.

Jane McKie teaches poetry and fiction at the University of Edinburgh, focusing on creative experimentation, artists’ books, speculative fiction, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. She has written several poetry collections and pamphlets, the most recent of which are the prizewinning Mine (Cinnamon Press, 2025), and Carnation Lily Lily Rose (Blue Diode, 2023). Jane convenes the Edinburgh-based poetry collective The Shore Poets, who host monthly readings and music.