GLAM UPDATE – CITY OF LITERATURE

Dunedin City of Literature

   /   May 3, 2024

The Dunedin City of Literature team is excited at the recent announcement of a special collaboration with SuperGrans and renowned poet Jenny Powell.

Earlier this year on World Poetry Day, it was announced that Jenny will be running a series of free poetry workshops for SuperGrans, Dunedin staff, volunteers and their community.

Jenny is the Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature South D Poet Lorikeet and is a teacher and award-winning poet. The series of free workshops over six weeks is a way of saying thank you to the SuperGrans group for their great mahi in the community. SuperGrans staff and volunteers provide free holistic support to individuals and whānau to learn new skills to thrive in the modern world.

Jenny will lead the workshops wearing her bespoke ‘chain of office’, which was handcrafted by Dunedin local Jill Bowie of the Dunedin Public Libraries. Jenny, who also delivers free City of Literature poetry workshops to five-year-olds, is thrilled to be working with the SuperGrans. 

For Jenny, giving a poetic voice to seemingly impossible ideas is accompanied by joy and wonder. She wants to encourage and share these qualities through the energy of poems and sees this as a crucial part of her role.

The collaboration was revealed on World Poetry Day, 21 March, as part of an international campaign with all the Cities of Literature around the globe. The workshops will be held over six weeks from June.