Writing

This is a course for writing short stories or memoir. We will look at examples and follow ideas for structure and plot, narrative viewpoint, use of language, and details of characters, events and sett ...

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 ...

This online course will cover: how to write a beginning to grab your reader, the elements and how-to of a plot, finding your unique voice, research and the importance of time and space, how to develop ...

This creative writing course takes us to the heat of the prose poem, from its genesis in nineteenth-century French poetry to contemporary practitioners of the form. For who has not imagined ‘the ...

For banjo (5-string) players with one year or more experience of 5-string banjo styles - Scruggs, melodic style, single-string, and other contemporary styles exemplified by Bela Fleck, Noam Pikelny et ...

The course is for people considering writing about their own life, whether it is the whole story or just one experience. Maybe there is a plan to publish, or to show family and friends, or just for yo ...

Objects are more than things - they are memory-keepers, symbols, and storytellers. In this immersive writing workshop, we will use personal or found objects as creative prompts to unlock vivid, sensor ...

'What do you stand on such high legs for?' D. H. Lawrence asks of the mosquito in his poem. This workshop will delve into the differently-scaled world of insects, as we consider the lives of ants, was ...

Short enough to act as a poet's calling card, and long enough to give a sustained sense of a poet's style and interests, the pamphlet form is versatile and exciting. But what goes into writing and pub ...

This workshop is for anyone who has been working on a novel - for months or years - but has gotten stuck. We will discuss how to write an engaging, satisfying plot, how to create complex, believable c ...