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July 2019
Online Course: Writing Compelling Memoir with Lily Dunn
How do we write our own personal narrative so that it resonates powerfully with others? This course is designed for beginners and more experienced writers who are interested in finding ways to elevate the purely confessional to publishable standard.
Find out more »Ashbourne Young Writers’ Group (12-16)
Looking to develop your writing skills and confidence in a creative and friendly group, with tutoring and feedback from a professional writer? Writing East Midlands supports a network of creative writing groups for young writers across the region, and all are open to new members. The groups have wide-ranging interests from playwriting to poetry, fiction and journalism so they provide plenty of opportunities for trying something new and sometimes even lead to performance and showcasing opportunities. On occasion, the groups…
Find out more »Lighthouse Young Writers, Dorset 11-14
Lighthouse Young Writers meet on Saturday mornings during term-time at Lighthouse, Poole. The 11-14 group meet from 9.15-11.00am and the 15-18 group meet from 11.15-1.00pm. Led by Tabitha Hayward and Lucy Pearce, young writers get to explore a wide range of writing activities and art-forms, from script-writing through to performance poetry, short storytelling and creative non-fiction. As part of ArtfulScribe and Lighthouse's commitment to young people, participants have access to selected Lighthouse shows for educational and inspirational purposes and each…
Find out more »Nottingham Young Writers’ Club
Looking to develop your writing skills and confidence in a creative and friendly group, with tutoring and feedback from a professional writer? Writing East Midlands supports a network of creative writing groups for young writers across the region, and all are open to new members. The groups have wide-ranging interests from playwriting to poetry, fiction and journalism so they provide plenty of opportunities for trying something new and sometimes even lead to performance and showcasing opportunities. On occasion, the groups…
Find out more »Lighthouse Young Writers, Dorset 15-18
Lighthouse Young Writers meet on Saturday mornings during term-time at Lighthouse, Poole. The 11-14 group meet from 9.15-11.00am and the 15-18 group meet from 11.15-1.00pm. Led by Tabitha Hayward and Lucy Pearce, young writers get to explore a wide range of writing activities and art-forms, from script-writing through to performance poetry, short storytelling and creative non-fiction. As part of ArtfulScribe and Lighthouse's commitment to young people, participants have access to selected Lighthouse shows for educational and inspirational purposes and each…
Find out more »Spark Young Writers Summer School
Come and join us on Monday 22nd – Friday 26th July for five days of writing, performing, playing with words, meeting other young (and not-so-young) writers and learn to be the writer you want to be. The Spark Summer School is run by poet Liz Berry and poet and writer Paul McDonald. We’ll dabble in lots of different types of writing, from poetry to radio plays to flash fiction to wordplay, and we’ll finish the week with a special performance…
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