As part of LitOct 2026, our annual literary festival, Southlands Arts Centre is pleased to present a writing workshop with Diana Webb
The 17th century Japanese haiku poet Basho said ,’each day is a journey, the journey itself home.’ This two hour workshop will focus on 200 years of railway journeys, sharing mainstream poems on that theme and exploring how haibun can write in a different way about this way of travelling which is maybe better.
Diana Webb is an award winning haibun writer who has been this year’s judge for the British Haiku Society haibun awards. ‘the novelty of novello’ published this year by Alba publishing is her ninth collection of haibun available from her for £12 plus £2 postage. One testimonial says ‘her unique and intricate haibun never fail to impress’