Conversing with the Ghazal: Workshop with Gita Ralleigh & Rishika Williams

Conversing with the Ghazal is a workshop. Gita Ralleigh & Rishika Williams welcome absolute beginners and seasoned writers. 6:00 – 8:00 PM, September 29th at the CAA, 20 Bedford Street, WC2E 9HP.

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A follow-on event from Voices of Wandsworth: Poetry & Song, held in July at Arches Lane Theatre, Battersea Power Station. Conversing with the Ghazal is a practical, generative workshop for absolute beginners and seasoned writers. Join to discuss the cultural beliefs embedded in the form, considering order, repetition and meaning.

Gita Ralleigh shares techniques for writing traditional and contemporary ghazals, drawing on poets such as Agha Shahid Ali, Mona Arshi & Zeina Hashem Beck.

Rishika Williams shares the analytical tools she has developed to explore the choices the form presents.

6:00 – 8:00 PM, September 29th at the CAA, 20 Bedford Street, WC2E 9H

Tickets include a signed copy of Gita Ralleigh’s new pamphlet Empirical (The Braag, RRP £7.50).

Participants are invited to stay for the book launch celebration and guest readings, 8–10 PM.

With thanks to South Asian Heritage Month Grants 2026, Welcome to Wandsworth / Wandsworth Council and the National Lottery Heritage Fund.