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Experiment with different forms, including the short story, mindful writing and memoir. This four-week course has been designed so you can try out a variety of types of writing and […]

Experiment with different forms, including the short story, mindful writing and memoir. This four-week course has been designed so you can try out a variety of types of writing and have a great time while doing so! Carla Jenkins is the founder of Raw Writing and an award-winning writer and teacher. Her debut novel, Fifty […]

14.00-15.30      Monday January 12th, 19th, 26th and 2nd Feb From ancient epic to modern lyrics, humans have expressed their most important experiences in the form of poems. So reading and writing poetry expands our understanding of different times and cultures and helps us think about what it means to be human. This introductory course will give […]

17.30-19.00     Monday January 12th, 19th, 26th and 2nd Feb From ancient epic to modern lyrics, humans have expressed their most important experiences in the form of poems. So reading and writing poetry expands our understanding of different times and cultures and helps us think about what it means to be human. This introductory […]

17.30-19.00       Monday 12th, 19th, 26th January and 2nd Feb Why write for children? There are many reasons, but one of the most profound is undoubtedly the one espoused by C.S. Lewis, author of 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe': 'Where the children's story is simply the right form for what the author has to say, then […]

Monday 12th 19th, 26th Jan and 2nd Feb   19.00-20.30 Comedy is one of the most powerful tools in a writer's toolkit, but have you ever stopped to think about what it actually is that makes something funny? How do you know if your writing is going to make people laugh? Where's the line between comic and […]

10.30-12   Wednesday  14th, 21st, 28th January and 4th Feb Comedy is one of the most powerful tools in a writer's toolkit, but have you ever stopped to think about what it actually is that makes something funny? How do you know if your writing is going to make people laugh? Where's the line between comic and tragic characters, […]

What makes us shiver? What makes our skin crawl? What, more to the point, makes the reader shiver? It’s not just about ghosts, demonic possession, serial killers, pleasure-seeking immortals with pins stuck in their heads, weird little unblinking kids with posh accents, and unknowable amoral beings from the voids between the stars (though those things […]