Event Round Up
There are a lot of events going on at the moment, run both by ourselves and our members. We don't want you to miss out, so please find below a summary of the events happening over the next few months. We'll continue to update it every time someone sends in something new! (All times are in UK time unless otherwise specified)
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Saturday Morning Creative Writing for Wellbeing with Sue Walters
Date: Saturdays 16th March; 20th April; 15th June; 20th July; 21st September; 19th October; 16th November (3rd Saturday of the month; no class in May or August)
Time: 10–11.30 am
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: £10 per session (£5 if money is tight; free for anyone on benefits) payable by bank transfer
Description: We will use images, photos, poems, prose and ordinary things around us as a stimulus for writing.
This is an opportunity for self expression, self exploration, self care, finding your voice, fun, getting creative… whatever! All in the safe space of the group. No need to commit to coming every month. You can come to just one session, or them all, or something in between. No previous experience necessary and no one has to share anything they have written. There will be an opportunity to share for those that want to.
With Sue Walters, a Creative Writing for Wellbeing practitioner, writer and researcher.
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Conversations With Our Bodies
Time: 08:00am-10:00am UK Time
Where: Online (Zoom)
Cost: £35
If your body could speak, what would it say? Have you ever had a conversation with it on the page?
- We'll explore activities to help us connect with our bodies through writing
- We'll take some time for relaxation and reflection
- Kate will share her research findings, their impact and additional learnings 10 years on
Adventures In Creative Writing
Time: 08:00am-11:00am UK Time
Where: Online (Zoom) In-Person, Flat Holm Island
Cost: £260
With its rich natural beauty and a fascinating history, Flat Holm is the ideal place to find inspiration for your creative writing. This course is suitable for complete beginners and those with some writing experience.
It is an opportunity to explore Flat Holm’s rich history and landscape while developing your own writing practice.
Throughout your stay, you will be encouraged to keep a journal to document in poetry and prose your own unique experience of staying on Flat Holm.
The course is structured to allow time for quiet contemplation, open, supportive facilitation and coming together to share stories and the writing journey. You will be encouraged to bring a mindful approach to your writing, using all your senses as you explore the island.
Using free-writing to encourage creative flow, there will also be the opportunity to practice writing in more structured forms such as Haiku – a perfect way to capture snapshots and key moments of your island experience.
Our prices include:
- Boat transport, provided by Bay Island Voyages: Homepage – Bay Island Voyages.
- Accommodation
- Tuition/activities run by experienced tutors or our island staff.
Any surplus income goes back into the upkeep of the island’s natural and built heritage.
ESSENTIAL Pens, pencils and notebooks suitable for working outdoors DESIRABLE You may wish to bring a laptop or tablet, however make sure it is well protected from the elements for the boat journey and note that space on the boat is limited
Writing The Self: Foundation Programme With Katie Watson
Our stories matter; those that have been told, those that haven’t and those that we might not even have the words for yet.
After a difficult, overwhelming or traumatic experience, we can be left feeling powerless, without voice, language or agency. Research shows that traumatic events can immobilise those regions of the brain which we need to put words to our experiences, and therefore understand them. For those of us with a history of trauma, writing can be a valuable catalyst for healing and recovery. Through writing, we can begin to cultivate linguistic control over the trauma and reorganise our story, in the supportive presence of like-minded peers.
Using a trauma-informed writing methodology, the Writing the Self programme helps participants to reclaim their voice through writing. My eight-step writing process includes key knowledge about trauma, trauma-sensitive writing exercises, as well as tools and resources to help writers find out what they need to create a sustainable and healing writing practice in the longer-term.
Booking details: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/katiewatson/1288903
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