Lauren Daniels Poetry Workshop

FAWQ Gathering: Saturday August 30 2025: Poetry Workshop with L.E. Daniels 2 – 3.30 p.m. followed by lucky door prizes, afternoon tea, and networking @ Redcliffe library meeting rooms

90-Minutes of Poetry with L. E. Daniels

Precision. Economy. Emotional truth. Show more than tell. Join award-winning poet, Lauren Elise Daniels for practical lessons in strengthening voice, cohesion, theme, literary elements, and transformation in small spaces to see your prose gain more traction. For this workshop, our emphasis is less about sonnets and more about authenticity. It’s about message over rhyme. Through readings, discussions and writing exercises, we:

• Explore structures and take our pick with nothing forced
• Sharpen our words as we lift our messaging as we coax our words into the sublime
• Consider transformation and surprise ourselves through lots of writing prompts
• Escape forced rhyme while we focus on the rhythm of our thoughts
• Bring pen and paper or a laptop to write reams

Bio:

An Aurealis, Shirley Jackson, Australasian Shadows, and Bram Stoker Award® finalist, L. E. Daniels (BA, MFA Creative Writing) is an American author, poet, and editor of over 140 titles. Her recent poetry features in This Way Lies Madness (Flame Tree Press, 2025), Mother Knows Best (Bram Stoker anthology finalist, Black Spot Books, 2024), Cozy Cosmic I and II (Underland Press, 2023, 2024). Her poem, “Night Terrors” (HWA, Of Horror and Hope, 2022) is an Australasian Shadows Award finalist. She directs Brisbane Writers Workshop.

Website: https://www.brisbanewriters.com

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