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MAPPING MEMORIES with Malika

This is a Squad 10 workshop We will draw on our lives and excavate the memories dormant in our bodies, mine several ideas then sketch them out and explore how to craft these ideas into poems. You'll leave with several ideas and sketches to work on further, as well as the recipe for crafting these, […]

Our Space

HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE A dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone, together. Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and […]

THE SPACE

OPEN TO ALL SQUADS The Space, a dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone, together. Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in […]

AN INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL REWILDING with Katie Byford

Open to grads of Squads 1-9, if you are Squad 10 and want a place should one become available then email steve@writingsquad.com There are two workshops, one on 26th November the second at the same time, 19.30 on the 10th December, please don't sign up unless you can make both. This is an experimental workshop […]

ALEX PRAGER STORIES led by Steve Dearden

FOR SQUAD 10 We will each write our own stories gently guided by a mixture of Alex Prager’s wonderful photographs and other prompts, some for everyone, some just for you. An hour plus to write alone together, with new prompts dropped in regularly throughout and some time for sharing at the end, but only if […]

Our Space

HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE A dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone, together. Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and […]

PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS

This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers, there are other […]

POETS MINIGOALS

This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets, there are other groups […]

Our Space

HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE A dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone, together. Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and […]

POETRY AND EVERYDAY SEXISM with Kim Moore

Kim recently completed her doctorate at Manchester Metropolitan University, exploring how to use lyric poetry to write about everyday sexism and female desire.  This event is a chance to hear her thesis as a reader-directed text, inspired by the 'choose your own adventure books' by Ian Livingstone that she read throughout her childhood. It contains […]

Our Space

HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE A dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone, together. Think of it as your favourite library, a coffee shop, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and […]

SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS

This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. We are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. This is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on scriptwriters, there are other groups […]



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