The Garret

So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for the ages or only for hours, nobody can say”

(Virginia Woolf, 1935, A Room of One’s Own.).

A fervent group of St Aidan’s writers decided it was time to create “a room of their own” in which to write. Year 9 students, Bridie Allen and Freya Woodman, approached Ms Madden, a teacher who they knew shared their passion for writing, and enlisted support from their friends Charlotte Worthington, Gina Ganjoo and Mitta Bak. A lunchtime gathering later, The Garret was named, posters were designed, and an extracurricular writing group formed.

The Garret is an open group for students in Years 7 to 12 who like to experiment with different creative writing styles and share their work with each other. The group shares a love of writers and writing, including poets, songwriters, playwrights, novelists, essayists and short-story writers. Each fortnight they meet to write what they wish to write, knowing that whether it matters for an hour or an age, matters not.