The Poetry of Seasons: Autumn

Name: The Poetry of Seasons: Autumn
Start: 2026-09-24T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2026-09-24T18:30:00+02:00
Location: 1. Hovedbiblioteket

took place · 24 Sep 2026

1. Hovedbiblioteket, Randers

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Description was written before the event

Pernille Thoustrup Jensen and Mai Kordelin Paulsen invite participants on a forest bathing and poetry experience at Skovhuset in Fladbro Skov - this is the autumn instalment of a four-seasons series that weaves together literature, nature and slowness under the open sky.

The series spans all four seasons and includes forest bathing, sunrise, tree poetry, walks and poetry readings with space for silence and sensory awareness. The other dates are 16.01.2027 (Winter), 27.04.2027 (Spring) and 18.06.2027 (Summer) - registration for each event is separate.

Age limit: 13 years. Dress for the weather. Price: 50 kr.

Location: Skovhuset, Fladbro Skov - Time: 16:30-18:30

Questions: contact Mai Kordelin Paulsen at phone 21666051 or mkp@randersbib.dk

About: Mai Kordelin Paulsen

A literature specialist from Randers Bibliotek known for community reading and outdoor poetry. Mai Kordelin Paulsen headed a nationwide research project on libraries and wellbeing, and presents poetry in the open-air series Årstidernes poesi.

38+

well-being dimensions mapped in the research project 'Libraries promote well-being'

900+

completed questionnaires in the research project

What's new

2026-07
Randers Library launched the project 'Nature in New Ways', where Mai Kordelin Paulsen is involved in organizing literature walks and Seasons' Poetry from autumn 2026 to summer 2027.
2026-02
The results of the research project 'Libraries Promote Well-being', which Mai Kordelin Paulsen led, were presented at the Main Library in Randers on 29 January 2026.
2026-01
The report from 'Libraries Promote Well-being' was published in January 2026 and shows that libraries promote well-being in at least 38 different dimensions.

Tracks

Årstidernes poesiOutdoor poetry series in collaboration with Pernille Thoustrup Jensen, starting autumn 2026

Biblioteker fremmer trivselResearch project 2024-2026 with Aarhus University and three Jutland libraries

DR RomanklubLiterary reading club at Randers Library, led by Mai Kordelin Paulsen

TorsdagsbogenMonthly reading group at Randers Library, facilitated by Mai Kordelin Paulsen

SkrivefællesskabetWriting workshop for adults at Randers Library, autumn 2024

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