Writing Workshop: Language, Sense & Language Sense

About WorkshopPender are poems that make us look up from the book page and into the air in a completely new way. Paffe. There are poems that protest, and poems that wonder. Poems that make us remember. Poems you can walk around in, like those houses were. Poems so dizzyingly easy that you get younger by reading them. Poems that find new places in the language and create space so that we can better be here. Poems that brush off the language and the senses.

Poetry can be an incredible number of things — and can be present in all forms of writing, whether it be short prose, lyrics, memoirs, drama, letters, reports, emails or text messages.

The writing workshop “Language, Sense & Language Sense” is for those who want to experiment and play with the language — no matter what genre you otherwise work with or interest in.

Together we will examine what can be done with poetry — and what the poetic is. There will be writing exercises with various forms of automatic writing, improvisation and various poetic forms that will hopefully make you smarter about your own voice.

And poetry can be a beautiful way to be together. So we do it jointly.

About the teacherLars Emil Foder (b. 1980) is a writer, singer and songwriter. He made his debut in 2013 with the cross-artistic Natatlas with songs, poems and graphics and has published, among other things, the prose and poetry collections “Fabelag” (2018) and “Æter nr. 7: Luf” (2024), as well as numbers 1-6½ in the interartistic music and lyric series “Kun for idiots” (2022-).

He has a degree in philosophy and teaches lyricism, songwriting and philosophy at, among others, The Rhythmic High School. In addition, he is the organizer of the literary festival Lille Bogdag, co-founder of the online bookstore for small publishers, Mikrofest, and host at the literary festival Avisen Live.

Practical InfoWriting Workshop is aimed at adults.Participation is free, but requires registration at Billetto.The writing workshop takes place at Copenhagen Central Library, 4th floor, live.We do not provide computers, so bring your own and/or paper and pen. There is very limited table space, so you probably have to sit with the computer/paper in your lap.We offer a writing pad that you can have as a base for your block/paper.There is a water post and a coffee machine on the 4th floor, but in addition we cannot offer provisions. Bring yourself a water can or a bottle for water.

Find the wayFrom the main entrance of the Main Library you can find the 4th floor in the following ways:

Take the elevator that you find on your right hand when you step from Krystalgade into Centralsalen. The stage is on the right when you step out of the elevator.Take the stairs that you will find on your right hand as you step from Krystalgade into Centralsalen. Follow the stairs up to fourth. The stage is on the right as you step out onto the floor.Follow the escalators up to the 3rd floor. At the end of the last escalator, a staircase goes on your right side up to the 4th floor. Go right to get to the stage area.

Writing WorkshopsEvery month, Copenhagen Libraries invites you to writing workshops all over the city. The themes and trainers vary. Our writing workshops are not workshops, but stand-alone workshops of two hours in which lecturers give presentations and give participants writing exercises.

Do you have any questions? Write to literary distributor Poul-Louis by mail: i343@kk.dk.