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Events & Courses
June 2019
Free
Places of Poetry
Places of Poetry is open to all readers and writers. It aims to use creative writing to prompt reflection on national and cultural identities in England and Wales, celebrating the diversity, heritage and character of place. Writers are invited to ... More information
03
Jun
£35
Location Inspiration Day
Join authors Alison Knight and Jenny Kane for a day-long writing workshop. Enjoy the house and gardens, explore the property's history and be inspired. Or, if you have a writing project, bring it along and write in the peace of ... More information
19
Jun
£140
Loud Words Writing Workshops
Focus on dialogue Developing characters Creating distinctive voice Prices: £140, £120 unwaged, £100 concession To book your place email: loudword@icloud.com More information
20
Jun
£8 – £32
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: The Canterbury Tales
A colourful cast of characters set off for Canterbury, competing to tell their tales of love, lust, adventure and chivalry. Brimming with verve and energy, Chaucer's well-loved stories are brought beautifully and vividly to life by students from the prestigious ... More information
20
Jun
£60
Character Alchemy – combining poetry and prose
In this one-day workshop with portrait poet Beth Calverley (founder of The Poetry Machine) and WriteClub's Alison Powell, you'll learn to distill your words and create spellbinding characters that leap off the page. We'll examine the poet's craft and bring ... More information
23
Jun
£10.00
Novel Nights: What does it take to be an author with Literary agent, Juliet Pickering
So you've written your book but are you prepared for your next steps towards publication? What do you need to know when submitting your manuscript? And are you prepared for everything that being a published author will bring? Will you need ... More information
24
Jun
£3.00 – £8.50
Write for a young adult audience and how to get published. Novel Nights & National Writing Day
To celebrate National Writing Day, authors, Emma Smith-Barton and Kesia Lupo will discuss writing YA novels and how to get your work published. They will chat about how writing for a YA audience differs from writing for adults and who reads ... More information
26
Jun
Free
Free live webinar with illustrator / author Tom McLaughlin – Hosted by I AM in print
What hasn’t Tom McLaughlin done? He has worked as a political cartoonist for The Western Morning News, has been a animation designer for a number of TV shows, has illustrated other people’s books and yes AND has written and illustrated ... More information
26
Jun
£250
Flash Fiction Festival UK, Bristol
A weekend Literary festival celebrating flash (short-short) Fiction. Well known writers and teachers of flash fiction from the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy the US and New Zealand will offer creative writing workshops and talks, on all aspects of flash fiction. ... More information
28
Jun
Various
The Write Place with Wordsmith_HQ
COME ALONG TO THIS SPECIAL TWO-DAY EVENT DEDICATED TO CELEBRATING AND DEVELOPING YOUR WRITING IN CONNECTION TO PLACE! THE WRITE PLACE with Wordsmith_HQ 'Nightmares and Daydreams' publication launch on Friday 28th June from 6.30pm - 9pm. 'The Write Place’ Development Day on Saturday ... More information
28
Jun