LAUREN TEMPLE (she/her) is a poet, performer, workshop facilitator, and events producer from Manchester, England. She is a member of the poetry collective Young Identity, events producer for Shenanigans at the Shed, and runs monthly collage workshops at The Cosy Collage Club. Lauren’s work often focuses on queerness, feminism, and mental health. Seeing herself primarily as a storyteller, Lauren often uses a narrative style that weaves fantasy with the mundane to examine our contemporary life. Lauren’s workshops often involve playfulness, mixed media, and mindfulness. Lauren has worked with organisations such as Manchester International Festival, Apples and Snakes, HOME theatre, and Manchester City of Literature.
2025 – Young Producer – Imperial War Museum North
2025 – Published – An Anthology of Queer Poetry & Prose – Edited by Kay Fulbrook
2025 – Zine Workshop Facilitator – Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
2025 – ‘The Ladybird Killer’ Poem – Asylum Magazine
2025 – Editor – Creation Through Form Anthology (No Disclaimers Press)
2025 – ‘The Ladybird Killer’ – Spoken Word Performance- Balmy Army Showcase for Manchester International Festival (at Contact Theatre)
2025 – ‘Creativity is the Cure’: a personal essay on art and play as an effective form of mental health treatment’ – Asylum Magazine
2025 – Zine Workshop Facilitator – Victoria Baths (Big Fun Day Out)
2025 – Longlisted poem ‘Let Love Into Your Life’ – Hive Young Writers Competition
2025 – Spoken Word Workshop Facilitator – Making Tracks (The Irene Taylor Trust)
2025 – Poetry Performance – Sapphic Serenade (Hadrian’s Lover)
2025 – Poetry Commission – ‘ORIGIN’ – The National Trust and A Right/Left Project
2025 – ‘Nail-biting’ (poem) – Terra Firma Magazine
2025 – Workshop Facilitator – The Cosy Collage Club
2025 – Producer and Host – The Golden Age Big Band
2024 – Co-host – Manchester Culture Awards
2024 – Performance and Workshop Facilitator – World Mental Health Day (Blue Sci)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Month of Hope wellbeing workshops (Blue Sci)
2024 – Youth Worker – Manchester Youth Academy
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – The Garden City at Castelfeild Viaduct (The National Trust)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – StretFest (Streford Library)
2024 – Poetry Performance – Manchester Youth Market (42nd Street)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Young Identity (OT Creative Spaces)
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – ‘Celebrating Life and Death’ for Religious Education day at Altrincham College
2021-2024 – Activities Coordinator – Bowfell House Care Home
2024 – Poetry Performance – The Future is Ours Symposium (42nd Street)
2024 – Poetry Short Film Commission – Apples and Snakes: Future Voices
2024 – Workshop Facilitator – Young Identity (HOME Theatre)
2024 – Poetry Performance – Sapphic Showcase: LGBT Foundation
2024 – Workshop Faciliator – World Book Day (Mauldeth Road Primary School)
2023 – Assistant Editor – An Island Under Water’ Poetry Anthology: No Disclaimers Press
2023 – Facilitator and Producer – Poetry Together (an intergenerational project)
2023 – Poetry Performance – Limelight Live Lounge
2023 – Poetry Performance – Ethereal: West Art Collective
2023 – ‘Red is a lucky colour’ and ‘Club Revenge, 2am, Brighton’ (poems) – No Disclaimers: Volume Two: No Disclaimers Press
2023 – Poetry Performance – MEA Central Academy
2022- ‘Utopia’ (poem) – Sink Magazine(Issue #3)
2022 - Poetry Performance – The Muses, Reverb: Altrincham Arts Festival
2022- Poetry Performance – English Shared Futures: HOME
2022 – Poetry Performance – First Street Festival: HOME
2022 – Poetry Performance – Reverb: Altrincham Arts Festival
2022 – Poetry Performance – One Mic Stand: Young Identity
2021 – ‘Is sister supposed to feel like grief?’ (poem) – #WriteThroughThis: Spread The Word
2021 – Poetry Performance – Cabaret For Freedom: Manchester Literature Festival
2021 – ‘After-Birth’ (poem) – Ecosystems of Fury – No Disclaimers Press
2021 – Honourable Mention – Magdalena Young Poets Prize
2020 – Poetry Performance – Festival of Libraries: Manchester City of Literature
2020 – Poetry Performance – One Mic Stand :Young Identity
2020 – Poetry Performance – International Women’s Day: Manchester Central Library
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