Kate Kilalea will be giving workshops on love poetry on 12-13 February as part of Words Words Words at Selfridges in London. She will join Daljit Nagra in providing useful exercises, helping you to build the perfect love poem in time for Valentines' Day. To find out more about the workshop and the rest of the Word Words Words programme, please click here.

Kate Kilalea is a remarkable young poet whose début collection, One Eye'd Leigh (Carcanet, 2009) was shortlisted for the Costa Poetry Award and longlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize for writers under 30. Originally from South Africa, Katharine Kilalea moved to London in 2005 to study for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. She works in London.