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
This course is for beginners and practised writers who want to write prose, poetry or script, telling stories, digging into memoir, or catching moments of importance. There will be exercises and promp ...
Starts: Tue 22 July 2025, at 10:30
5 Week Course
Course Code: OW01
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