Writing
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Your courses: 1 - 10 (of 35)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 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: OW07
"Science fiction frees you to go any place and examine anything", said Octavia E. Butler. This one-day workshop is an introduction to writing speculative fiction, whether your interest lies is sci-fi ...
Starts: Sun 08 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW08
This workshop is for anyone who has got some writing done, whether factual or fiction, and wants to polish it. We will take a whistle-stop tour of the editing process and the challenges of applying it ...
Starts: Sat 14 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW09
Every artist borrows. The trick is what you do with it. Shakespeare re-worked chronicles, plays and poems into something richer: he even lifted entire passages when he saw fit. The Beatles lifted bass ...
Starts: Sat 21 March 2026, at 13:30
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW10
This workshop is for anyone who wants to write a novel but has not known where to start. You do not need to have written a single word, or even to have any ideas for what you might want to write about ...
Starts: Sun 22 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW04
What sort of expression might a poem-in-the-form-of-a-letter open up? How have poets used the letter to play with the boundary between public and private? Who might we wish to address in our writing? ...
Starts: Sun 29 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SW11
This course explores a range of poetic forms and encourages you to develop your own practice of poetry. Afraid poetry is not for you? Remember - it began in the streets, at campfires, and through oral ...
Starts: Mon 20 April 2026, at 10:30
4 Week Course
Course Code: BW01
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 21 April 2026, at 10:30
10 Week Course
Course Code: OW03
This course is all about learning how to play the 5-string banjo in the clawhammer style! Clawhammer (or frailing) is actually the original way of playing the banjo, and is still popular today. You ca ...
Starts: Tue 21 April 2026, at 14:30
5 Week Course
Course Code: BD02
Ever fancied writing a novel but the mere thought feels overwhelming? Got an idea and do not know how to build on it? Then come along and discover what novelists are buzzing about - how and why you sh ...
Starts: Tue 21 April 2026, at 18:00
5 Week Course
Course Code: OW04
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