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To contact Lapidus London email london.lapidus@yahoo.co.uk, co-ordinator Beverly Frydman
Next Meetings
All meetings on Saturday mornings 10.30am-1.15pm
at the Poetry Cafe, Betterton Street, Covent Garden, London WC1
Saturday 28 January 2012
Writing and Bereavement: Writing and Bereavement: A workshop by Jane Moss & Beverly Frydman. Jane will talk about her upcoming book and her experiences working with hospice groups and Beverly will discuss journal writing techniques that are useful in this area
Saturday 31 March
Creative Writes Workshop by Nichola Charalambou: Nichola will take us through free-flow creative writing exercises. (NOTE: this is a change from Cheryl Moskowitz's workshop on Writing with Young People)
Saturday 19 May
Members' Reading: A chance to bring in your own work. Participants will read for up to 6 minutes in a welcoming environment
Courses and resources
listings are of writing courses with a therapeutic element or Lapidus-related content
Creative Health Lab
offers creative writing on referral in London
Creative Health Lab is a free service promoting Creative Writing as a
therapeutic tool to support health and wellbeing. Its groups sessions
are run by friendly, experienced practitioners and participants have
the opportunity to share their work in a newsletter or on the website
if they wish to do so. CHL also offer art therapy, art, yoga and
relaxation and horticulture sessions primarily to the Camden community in London.
Writing for Self Discovery
at the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust
Autumn Gold: a course in self-discovery methods with a seasonal theme
Fortnightly on Thursdays
22 September; 6 October; 20 October; 3 November; 17 November 1 December 2011 6.30-9pm
£140 -booking deadline Sept 14th 2011
These sessions are suitable for all levels of experience and will be facilitated by Alison Clayburn (MA Creative Writing), who has tutored creative writing for over twenty years...just bring A4 lined paper and pen and a sense of adventure!
For more information about Alison and the course go to the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust website: HYPERLINK "http://www.psychosynthesis.edu/ and click on WORKSHOPS
To book email Alison: alisonboydclayburn@hotmail.co.uk
Previous Lapidus London Events
A Day of Writing by the River, April 2011
a day of networking,
writing, learning from each other and hearing about projects being carried
out by some of our members. Sessions included Beverly Frydman
facilitating a Journal to the Self workshop and Jane Moss leading a
practical session on writing with hospice and bereavement counseling groups.
Writing the Unspeakable
with Australian writer, historian, and researcher into creative writing and the medical humanities Susan Bradley Smith
On Becoming a Poetry Therapist with Chair of Lapidus Victoria Field looking at principles of poetry therapy through close reading of poems, writing and discussion. Victoria Field qualified as a Certified Poetry Therapist in 1995. She has been writer-in-residence at Truro Cathedral and co-edited 'Writing Works' with Gillie Bolton and Kate Thompson, a resource handbook for therapeutic writing
Edges, Risks and Connections with John Fox, former President of the US National Association for Poetry Therapy, Poetry Therapist, poet, author and teacher. Held at the October Gallery, London WC1, which is dedicated to the appreciation of art from all cultures around the world
Spirituality and the Writer - creative
writing exercises with Paul Allchin and a workshop led by Jackee Holden an ordained
Interfaith minister and life coach interested in ways to support writers
and their creativity
Hooks with Jo Monks - phrases or sentences particularly likely or intended to grab the attention and claim the interest of the reader and workshop with Jc McFee
Holding a Writing Space with Monica Suswin at the Poetry Cafe Betterton Street, Covent Garden
Publications by Lapidus Members
Can It Be About Me? A collection of poems by Cheryl Moskowitz with illustrations by Ros Asquith about home, friends and above all what life is like at primary school.
Cheryl wrote this moving and inspiring collection after being a fly on the wall in a Year 3 class. With tender and humourous illustrations by Ros Asquith. Price £5.99 Available from the Children's Bookshop, Muswell Hill, London N10 (Tel: 020 8444 5500) or online at Circle Time Press
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