PLEASE NOTE THAT BOOKINGS FOR COURSES WILL CLOSE AT 12 NOON ON THE FRIDAY OF THE WEEK BEFORE THE COURSE STARTS. UNFORTUNATELY, WE CANNOT ACCEPT BOOKINGS AFTER THAT TIME.
A BEGINNER’S GUIDE TO CREATIVE WRITING (IN-PERSON COURSE)
Roddie McKenzie
Starts: Monday 21 September 10.00 am – 12.00 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 103
Have you always wanted to write? Here’s your chance. This is a beginner’s course, an introduction to creative writing that will cover practical writing advice on: articles, short stories, poetry, novels, drama, nonfiction, and memoir. Examples of these forms will be analysed to learn the use of literary techniques and structures.
WRITING, IMAGINATION AND HOPE (IN PERSON COURSE)
Sarah Frideswide
Starts: Tuesday 22 September 6.30 – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 104
A course exploring links between story, creativity, literature and hope. Why and how writing, story and the imagination create and sustain hope, especially in a world which is increasingly unstable. Lessons include discussions around what hope is, why imagination is essential, and why sharing and creating stories is so powerful. We’ll do some collaborative story creation, and some individual writing exercises. We’ll look at Lisa Cron’s book “Wired for Story” which explains some of the science. We’ll examine work by other writers and we’ll look at the relational origins of story – the tribal campfire..
WRITING THE LANDSCAPE (ONLINE COURSE)
Sandra Ireland
Starts: Thursday 24 September 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 106
Discover the art of crafting vivid landscapes in your writing with our immersive five-week online course, “Writing the Landscape.” Through a blend of guided exercises and inspiring readings, you’ll learn how to bring settings to life, capture mood and atmosphere, and use the environment as a powerful narrative tool. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned writer, this course will help you unlock the secrets of evocative description and transform your stories with the beauty and complexity of place. Join us and explore how landscapes can become characters in their own right, shaping stories and stirring the imagination.
AN INTRODUCTON TO WRITING POETRY (ONLINE COURSE)
Knotbrook Taylor
Thursday 1 October 6.30 – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 108
This course will introduce participants to the basic tenets for writing poetry. This will be done via taught information, exercises in writing poems and examination of the breadth of what contemporary poetry is and can be. No previous experience required but experienced writers also welcome.
Week 1: The Sensory Pallet – The Basics of Poetry
Week 2: Playing with Language – Imagery and Metaphor
Week 3: Rhythm and Sound – The Music of Poetry
Week 4: Form and Structure – Shaping Your Poem
Week 5: Editing and Sharing – Refining Your Work
BODY POETICS: WRITING THE BODY, IDENTITY AND THE POLITICS OF BEING HUMAN (IN-PERSON COURSE)
Christiana Aliu
Monday 5 October 6.30 – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 109
What stories does the body carry?
In this creative writing course, participants will explore how the body shapes identity and experience, and how poetry can give language to the stories we carry within us.
Through poetry readings, discussion, and guided writing exercises, participants will examine themes such as memory, gender expectations, sexuality, identities, social stereotypes, trauma, body transformation, and belonging.
Open to writers of all levels, the course offers a supportive and inclusive space to experiment with voice, imagery, and expression while transforming personal experience into powerful creative work.
By the end of the course, participants will have developed new creative skills and produced original pieces exploring the body as a site of memory, identity, and expression.
Come prepared to reflect, challenge assumptions, and write with courage.
Sessions respect inclusivity and diverse lived experiences
A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO LIFE WRITING (ONLINE COURSE)
Josephine Jules Andrews
Starts: Tuesday 6 October 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm, 10 weeks
Fees: £100/£80 Code: 10 110
We all have stories to tell, yet writing non-fiction has its own peculiar difficulties. This course is suitable for anyone who would like to begin life writing as well as more experienced writers who would like to develop their life writing skills or progress a life writing project. Early booking recommended.
Early booking is recommended.
CONTINUING LIFE WRITING (ONLINE COURSE – WEDNESDAYS)
Josephine Jules Andrews
Starts: Wednesday 7 October 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm, 10 weeks
Fees: £100/£80 Code: 10 113
This is a workshop-based, writing group format course for writers who have previously taken A Practical Introduction to Life Writing and would like to develop their writing through exercises and work on personal writing projects.
Early booking is recommended.
READING AND WRITING SHORT STORIES (ONLINE COURSE)
Susan Haigh
Thursday 15 October 6.30 – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 116
Join Susan in making your own short story. Use photographs, newspaper/internet articles, dreams, famous paintings, imagination, to create your narrative. It might be crime, romance, horror, dystopia, fantasy, sci-fi, whatever you want to write.
Dip into the stories of Ray Bradbury, Hemingway, Margaret Atwood, L P Lovecraft, Stephen King, Anton Chekhov and others for inspiration.
Personal feedback will be given via voice recording. Help with preparation for publication is available too.
TALES OF THE UNCANNY (ONLINE COURSE)
Sandra Ireland
Starts: Thursday 29 October 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm, 5 weeks
Fees: £50/£40 Code: 10 120
Ever wanted to write a ghost story? Delve into the shadows of storytelling with “Tales of the Uncanny,” our five-week online course designed to unlock the strange, eerie, and extraordinary in your writing. Through dynamic prompts and close attention to classic and contemporary uncanny stories and poems, you’ll master techniques to evoke suspense, fear and psychological tension. Whether you’re drawn to ghostly encounters, unsettling twists, or the thrill of the inexplicable, this course will help you transform the ordinary into the unforgettable. Suitable for all abilities.
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