Ampuyenta: Poetry and micro-short story workshops with four authors

The series is spread over four evenings. On 20 November, Ángeles Jurado Quintana will lead a workshop on micro-short stories. She is a journalist, writer and translator and has been working in Casa África's communications team since 2007. Her books include "Cambio de rumbo y otras historias pigmeas" and "Micropsias". On 25 November, Marcos Hormiga will lead a poetry workshop. The poet, storyteller and translator is from Puerto del Rosario and is an honorary member of the Academia Canaria de la Lengua.

On 27 November, Emilio Fernández Batista will lead a poetry workshop. The writer and folklorist was born in Hoyo del Agua on Lanzarote; he played the timple and danced in folk groups. The focus will be on the relationship between poetry, memory and tradition. The programme concludes on 4 December with Juli Mesa, a poet and visual artist from Arrecife on Lanzarote. He combines writing with the visual arts and explores themes of memory, oral tradition, identity and language.

There will also be three sessions on creative writing. These are aimed at anyone who is starting out with writing or wishes to develop their skills further, for example with a view to the next edition of the 'Doctor Mena' poetry and micro-short story competition.