Pets-and-People Poems for the Public

Matt Black is a writer who presented his show ‘The Snoopy Question: One dog’s answer to world peace’ at the Edinburgh fringe, with content based upon conversations with researchers at the University of Liverpool about dogs and their interactions with people.

Carri Westgarth, Institute of Infection and Global Health, and Institute of Veterinary Science

In 2019 he was commissioned by a University of Liverpool public engagement grant held by Dr Westgarth and Dr Pearson, who led the cross-faculty Connecting Human-Animal Interaction Research  (CHAIR) network. In this pilot project, he worked closely with four researchers to translate their findings into poetry as well as hosting a public writing workshop and reading event, which resulted in a booklet of poems by staff, students and members of the public called Dear Fly.