Pride & Pen

A new four part poetry writing workshop!

Facilitated by poet, playwright and writer, Leo Drayton, come to The Queer Emporium every month to learn and, well... workshop your poetry under his guidance! Whether you're starting out, want to edit work you've previously written or just... workshop ideas, come along! 

Those who attend these workshops will be invited to attend our live poetry performance night in June 2025, as part of a celebration of Pride Month!

These workshops are partly funded by Literature Wales's Inspiring Communities Fund.

Further Information

Alcohol will be served at this event. This is a seated event. Loud sounds may feature as part of the performances.

Accessibility Information

This event will take place inside The Queer Emporium shop. Access to this can be gained via our shopfront entrance, which includes a step or via our side entrance, which is level with the ground but please let us know in advance if you would like to use this one as it is often locked. There is also a disabled toilet on site.

The Queer Emporium is situated at the lower half of St. Mary's Street. There is a taxi rank diagonally across from the space and Uber cars are able to collect people from the Marriott Hotel, which is approximately 0.4 miles away. Here, many buses also stop to collect passengers and allow them to alight. Parking is available in St. David's Hall 2 and the John Lewis Car Park, both of which are approximately 0.2 miles from The Queer Emporium.