Do you love poetry? Do you love love? During this workshop, we will read a variety of love poems - from the zany to the sincere, the passionate to the ironic - and consider what makes an effective lov ...
Starts: Sat 03 May 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW02
This one-day informal workshop is for people who think they may enjoy writing or who have a particular project in mind but do not know where to start. It helps to have an idea about the process of wri ...
Starts: Sat 31 May 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW03
This course is for anyone who wants to write a novel but hasn't known where to start. You do not need to have written single word, or even to have any ideas for what you might want to write about; you ...
Starts: Tue 03 June 2025, at 14:00
5 Week Course
Course Code: BW03
This Sonnet Masterclass is a whistle-stop tour of the sonnet's histories and possibilities, from Petrarch and Shakespeare to modern and contemporary twists on the sonnet. Our focus during this course ...
Starts: Wed 04 June 2025, at 10:00
5 Week Course
Course Code: BW05
For banjo (5-string) players with one year or more experience of popular 5-string banjo styles - Scruggs, melodic style and/or clawhammer. Covering standard banjo repertoire but also exploring additio ...
Starts: Wed 04 June 2025, at 17:30
5 Week Course
Course Code: BD02
Writing for All: for beginners and practised writers in all genres. We will try out different kinds of writing: short story, flash fiction, poetry and prose poetry looking at structure, point of view, ...
Starts: Sat 07 June 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: OW04
What makes a short poem effective? Is it possible to instil a few lines with intense feeling? How might short poems present complex arguments or information? We will consider the importance of brevity ...
Starts: Sat 14 June 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW05
Tap into your creativity and spend a day focusing on writing new stories or flash fictions. Your tutor will help set your words free using free-writing, story-grids, and plotting tools to help you fin ...
Starts: Sat 14 June 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW06
A practical course for writers sharing their work with audiences at Open Mics, Story Slams or book launches. We cover choosing stories, the elements of a story written to be heard, rather than read. I ...
Starts: Sun 15 June 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW07
Food is a language in itself - at times delicious, at times dangerous, and always evocative. Writers can use food in a myriad of ways: offering rich sensory detail, cleverly weaving memory through sym ...
Starts: Sat 05 July 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW08
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