Children’s Writing Day
POETRY WORKSHOPS
Friday 30 May 10am to 12noon (ages 8–13) 2pm to 4pm (ages 4–8) £6 per child
with Brian Evans-Jones
Boost Your Writing A Four Week Creative Writing Course Friday 16 May, 23 May, 6 June & 13 June 10am to 12noon
£55
Does your writing need a boost? Maybe you’ve been writing for a while but would like some feedback on how you’re doing, and help to improve. Perhaps you’ve reached a dead end, or don’t know how to get started. This four-week course will help you achieve your potential, whether you’re writing short stories, poetry, autobiography, or a novel. Learn creative tools, develop your skills, do practical writing exercises, and get feedback on your work from an experienced writing tutor – all in a friendly, supportive group. Suitable for beginning to intermediate writers. 26 Box Office 01962 873603
This year’s Summer Reading Challenge is all about the Mythical Maze – a place where you’ll meet all sorts of fabulous and fantastical creatures! Come to this Writing Workshop to invent your very own Mythical Maze, fill it with Mythical Monsters and Curious Creatures, then make a brilliant poem and story about it. Writer and teacher Brian Evans-Jones, Hampshire Poet and Writer-in-Schools, will help you come up with a-Maze-ing ideas, and writing you can be proud of!
Poetry of Conflict Learning from the First World War Poets Saturday 7 June £25 per workshop (£22.50 if booked with Quiet Natures) Even after a century, the poetry of the First World War still shines with undimmed brightness. But what can poets writing today learn from these men who wrote in such different times to our own? In this workshop you will explore how Owen, Sassoon, Gurney and many others created enduring, innovative work, and what you can take from them to add to our own poetry. You will learn that these writers can offer many lessons to develop and enrich your writing.
Quiet Natures Saturday 21 June
£25 per workshop (£22.50 if booked with Poetry of Conflict)
Michael Longley is one of the British Isles’ foremost poets, known for his precise observation of nature in quiet but highly skilled poems. Edward Thomas, writing a century ago in Hampshire, was another poet in the same tradition, writing much-loved poems of English pastoral. Both will be featured at the inaugural Winchester Poetry Festival in September, where Longley will be the headline poet. This workshop will look in detail at the achievements of their work, as well as the wider tradition of British nature poetry to which they belong. You will explore how their approaches to nature and poetic technique can inspire and improve your own poetry. Suitable for all levels.