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Rebecca Tantony explores the High Street Tales of Weston-Super-Mare

News

Features

Read ‘Shadow Puppets’ Mayflower 400 Young City Laureate Holly Peters’ Remembrance Day 2020 poem

Writers

Competitions

Anthology Magazine Poetry Prize

Competitions

Upcoming Events & Courses

01 Oct

Writing Coastlines with J. R Carpenter (Online)

Course
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October 1 @ 8:00 am - December 3 @ 5:00 pm

Dartington Hall

12 Nov

Flash Fiction Course

Course
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November 12 @ 1:00 pm - December 10 @ 2:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 1:00pm on Thursday, repeating until 10th December 2020

Online

30 Nov

WriteClub – Write Together (online creative writing workshops)

Writing Workshop
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November 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
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An event every week that begins at 7:00pm on Monday, happening 5 times

WriteClub online

01 Dec

Get Your Words Out! – a 21 day coaching course for writers

Course
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December 1 @ 8:00 am - December 21 @ 8:30 am

WriteClub online

04 Dec

Manga – online drawing with Keith Sparrow

Author Event
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December 4 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
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One event on 6th November 2020 at 3:30pm

One event on 4th December 2020 at 3:30pm

Online

06 Dec

Story Structure 101 with WriteClub

Course
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December 6 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

WriteClub online

07 Dec

GHOST: Story writing with Mark Gatiss

Course
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December 7 @ 5:00 pm - December 11 @ 11:00 am

Dartington Hall

10 Dec

A novel approach to history – Book Launch – Tessa Harris

Book Launch
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December 10 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Online

01 Feb

Reclaiming the Rainbow:A Six-Week Online LGBT+ Creative Wellbeing Course

Course
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1st February 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
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An event every week that begins at 7:00pm on Monday, repeating until 8th March 2021

Online

Opportunities

Quay Words and Libraries Unlimited Writer-in-Residence: Exploring the stories of Exeter’s Women

Opportunity

Resources

Literacy resources from around the web, curated by writer Wyl Menmuir

For Readers

Projects

Protected: Poetry Cares: exploring poetry and memory

Project
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