Librum Workshops · Online poetry workshop
From writing to your own poem.
Librum Workshops are online creative-writing workshops. The first is a poetry workshop: 12 poetry sessions and 2 guest lectures on prose, live, in the evenings. Assignments and lessons follow every session, and at the end participants work together on an anthology.
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- 01Idea and perception
- 02Craft and structure
- 03Continuity
- 04Exercises
- 05Shared anthology
- 06Community
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Tutors
Dejan Aleksić
Poet, playwright and novelist
Poetry workshop
Born in Kraljevo in 1972. He has published thirteen poetry collections, a book of plays, a novel, a story collection and more than twenty books for children. His awards include the Dis Award, the “Vasko Popa”, “Meša Selimović” and “Branko Miljković” awards, the Zmaj Award of Matica srpska, and the “Miloš Crnjanski” and “Vladan Desnica” awards for the novel Petlja. He is editor-in-chief of the publishing programme “Povelja” in Kraljevo.
Enes Halilović
Poet, prose writer and playwright
Poetry workshop
Born in Novi Pazar in 1977. His books include Pesme iz bolesti i zdravlja, Zidovi, Bangladeš, Sekvoja, Ep o vodi, Ako dugo gledaš u ponor, Ljudi bez grobova and Bekos. His awards include the “Branko Miljković”, “Đura Jakšić” and “Meša Selimović” awards and the Grand “Ivo Andrić” Award. He founded the journals “Sent” and “Eckermann”.
In numbers
- 14live online sessions
- 12poetry sessions
- 2guest lectures on prose
- 4tutors: two for poetry, two for prose
How it works
- 1
Sign up
The workshop is in Serbian, for adults from any country.
- 2
Write with the tutors
14 sessions of 90 minutes to two hours, between 6 and 9 pm.
- 3
Publish
Work on the shared anthology at the end of the programme.
What it does
- 01
Idea and perception
How a poem grows from attention, observation and personal experience.
- 02
Craft and structure
Rhythm, line length, word choice and poetic image.
- 03
Continuity
Assignments and lessons after every session, progress from one meeting to the next.
- 04
Exercises
Text compression, verbal delirium, form as a Trojan horse and more.
- 05
Shared anthology
The final result of the workshop, with a chance to publish selected texts.
- 06
Community
A private group for sharing texts and questions.
What remains at the end: your texts and a shared anthology.
Who it is for
- Poets who want serious work on their texts
- Beginners who want to write
- Writers looking for a fresh perspective
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