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The first of a series of workshops with poet Aaron Wright. Aaron’s sessions are always great fun and he will take you through a range of poetry writing techniques using warm-up exercises, games and themes to help you create your own poems. The workshops will lead to an open mic showcase during the WordFest weekend, [...] ...

We all have stories to tell but how do we bring them to life?  If we want our stories to be vivid and authentic we need to create a believable world, a setting with a strong sense of place and its characters. Join Avril for a fun workshop, explore your places, and the characters who inhabit them [...] ...

In this creative making, reading, writing and sharing session you will make folding envelope books in which to keep your own stores of sources for poetry inspiration along with some exercises on how to use them to keep your writing fresh and exciting. Say goodbye to moments of writer’s block and create a space where [...] ...

A flash fiction workshop suitable for all levels of experience. Flash is a compressed form of very short fiction that allows for experimentation and many flash writers use unusual structures to come at the story ‘sideways’. You’ll look at some examples of different forms of flash fiction, use prompts and exercises to get the creative [...] ...

Another exciting workshop with Aaron Wright. You don’t need to have attended the first workshop as Aaron will be guiding everyone through new techniques and ideas. ...