I can tailor writing workshops to any group regardless of age, background, skill and experience. I have worked as a facilitator for Writing Yorkshire, Ignite Imaginations, St Luke’s hospice and the WEA. I’ve run workshops for schools, youth groups, community centres, drug rehabs, hospitals, museums, galleries, homeless hostels and refugee projects as well as running a range of private workshops for adults and children.
Get Writing
Friendly, supportive writing workshops for writers at all stages of their writing journeys. Push-ups for your writing muscles, a play date for your inner child, a chance to exorcise your demons or just plain magic.
You’ll be guided through a series of themed writing exercises to generate new writing in the company of other writers. You can write in whatever genre and for whatever purpose suits you. Expect fun, laughter, friendship and solidarity as side effects.
Get Writing is in-person on Wednesdays 11am-1pm at The Writers Workshop. And online on Mondays 11am-12.30pm
Monday Motivation
Start your week as you mean to go on - in the company of other writers. Set goals, celebrate achievements and work through barriers in my group coaching session.
Every Monday 9am-10am online.
Free to Gold members of The Writers Workshop who also receive a weekly bulletin of writing tips, plus free tickets to The Writers Workshop’s live literature event, Sounds About Write.
Childrens Writers Meet-up
A chance to get together with other writers and share the adventure of writing for young audiences.Learn from each other, from myself and from our visiting experts. Part of the Meetup series at The Writers Workshop.
One-off workshops
Periodically I run one-off workshops at The Writers Workshop or with other agencies. Coming up this autumn.
SUNDAY SOUL SESSIONS AT THE WRITERS WORKSHOP
Oct 27th: Writing about Loss - The Writers Workshop - A reflective space to write about grief and loss.
Writing Clubs for Children
Writing Clubs are a chance for children and young people to play with writing outside of the constraints of the formal curriculum.
Writing Clubs are a place where young people can express themselves, experiment, develop their love of stories and language, and grow in confidence. Writing is a creative act and not just a tool for passing exams. In Writing Club we don’t focus on grammar, spelling or punctuation but writing skills will develop naturally as children fall in love with the power of the written word. Currently I just have one Writing Club on a Wednesday from 4.30pm-6pm at The Writers Workshop.
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