Who writes the world? Judging by current news it is not women, and we can see the devastating consequences if platforms are not shared and the dominant voice is overwhelmingly male. To help redress the balance, and explore what a female-written world might look like, Threads Equality Agency and Oxford Poetry Library present this timely event looking at how gender is expressed through language and writing.

Michelle Madsen (poet, regular Glastonbury performer, and investigative journalist) and Serena Arthur (English student and former Birmingham Young Poet Laureate) will read their work and discuss what feminist poetry means to them. And since the event is billed as a workshop, there'll be plenty of opportunity for the audience to have their say and read work if they wish (of their own or their feminist heroes).

Of course, no-one can speak for all women, and the organisers are also concerned with other voices that may be missing from public life, and the poetry canon, and in particular how they intersect with the feminist voice. The event also serves as the launch for a feminist writing course to run in Oxford in early 2018.

There are serious topics here, but the event promises to be great fun. Kids, and people of all genders are very welcome.

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