Climate and Creative Expression Workshop with Lola Elvy

Join Lola in this Saturday workshop! We will look at the poetics of language: How does flash fiction intersect with poetry? How does thinking about language change when writing in a small form? We will also ask how our environment shapes what we write. As we grow and live through times of pandemic, bushfire, and flood, we also hold on to our friends, families, communities. How do these shifting cultures and events build our creative voice? How do they compel us, inspire us, drive us forward?

Lola Elvy writes music, poetry, and other forms of creative fiction and nonfic-tion. She is a central committee member of the NFFD organisation and be-lieves in creative expression as a force for activism and change. She has a background in music and mathematics, and her work intertwines themes of science, language, and the natural climate. As a teacher, Lola believes in help-ing students harness their own creative expression and initiative. She teaches music theory and vocal performance, creative writing, and essay writing, working privately and in local schools. Lola’s publications include a fine line: mountain (New Zealand Poetry Society), Te Moana O Reo (Cuba Press), and Poto! Short! (Massey University Press, forthcoming June 2025). Lola is a 2025 Kupe Leadership Scholar at the University of Auckland.

Book today! Contact: nationalflash@gmail.com