Open to all Squads. A forum for Writing Squad dramatists to create a playwrights' plan of action with Billie and Emma. Since Autumn 2022, Emma and Billie have been been speaking to a range of new-writing theatres across the country. They've used these conversations to create a picture of where buildings are at when it comes […]
Open to Squad grads. If you are in Squad 11 and would like to join, email libby@writingsquad.com. An uplifting workshop with Liz Gibson exploring urban nature's resilience, quirkiness and comfort. Ready to declare your love for pigeons, or make peace with the seagull who stole your lunch? Liz Gibson will lead this session, using writing […]
Minigoals are a relaxed, informal way to check in about your writing, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
Join award-winning poet, scholar and writer Jason Allen-Paisant in exploring surprise, intrigue and the unconscious through poetry. This workshop is exclusively for graduate members of The Writing Squad. If you are in Squad 11 and would like to join the waiting list, email libby@writingsquad.com. Discover the benefits and rewards of creating surprise in our poetry; […]
Minigoals are a relaxed, informal way to check in about your writing, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
Minigoals are a relaxed, informal way to check in about your writing, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
Minigoals are a relaxed, informal way to check in about your writing, share cultural highlights and support one another’s progress. This monthly Zoom meeting is exclusively for Squad 11 members. If you haven’t received the link, contact libby@writingsquad.com.
How do we create in the wake of the archive? In this workshop, we will explore ways of handling, writing and responding to the archive. Signup details in Squad newsletter - or email libby@writingsquad.com.
Helen Clapcott paints Stockport past, present, future and imagined, all in the same frame, focussing on a square mile in the town centre. This workshop takes place in Stockport Art Gallery on the opening day of her first major retrospective. Led by Steve Dearden, we’ll go for a walk before returning to the gallery to […]
In this workshop we will be exploring what the format of audio-drama offers us as storytellers. We will focus on the sound worlds of ourselves and our characters. How does sound operate in our lives? How do we control, react, create or avoid it? We will also explore the voice, and how we can create […]
A chance to set big (but achievable!) longer-term goals for your creative work with fellow Squaddies. We have had minigoals for some time, and we have definitely kept those goals mini! But in feedback you’ve told us that you’d like an opportunity to set some big goals - something you want to achieve over the […]
A session with poet Sarah Fletcher delving into the obscured world of dreams. Are you out like a light? Dead to the world? More like a rock, a log, or a baby? The language we use around sleep, dreams, and bedtime is rich with creative possibilities. Let’s delve together into this obscured world, drawing inspiration […]