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WRITING FROM THE TAROT with Kym Deyn

Open to all writers Squads 1-9. In this workshop we’ll look at how the Tarot can be used to tell stories and provide structure, drawing from the rich folk tradition of the Marseilles Tarot. We’ll do away with occult symbolism and instead focus on reading images, and how those images can translate into our writing. […]

STAGE TO SCREEN (NO MONOLOGUES ALLOWED) led by Lydia Marchant

Open to scriptwriters Squads 1-9. What makes Gavin and Stacey the funniest programme ever written*? Why does Normal People say it best when it says nothing at all? A workshop exploring all the things telly writing lets you do that play writing doesn’t (including affording to eat.) We’ll watch some TV clips, do some challenges […]

THINK LIKE AN ARTIST ACT LIKE A PLUMBER with Steve Dearden

Open to Squads 1-9. So you are a great writer, how do you get work? This session will identify the tools and techniques for keeping yourself going as a creative, while putting yourself out there to get freelance work that will pay the bills. You’ll get a toolkit, or at least a list of practical things […]

DISTANCE DIALOGUES 3: THE ARTIST’S IDENTITY

Open to all writers Squads 1-9. Exploring the relationship between your identity as an artist and identity as a human being. What are the different ways this complex relationship can affect our artistic work and our everyday life? SIGN UP HERE

NOT ABOUT NOW – A SHARING

A donation from a benefactor made it possible for the Squad to commission poems from our poets mini-goals group. They were asked to write two poems on any theme they wanted, each was allocated a partner and they edited each other's work. This Zoom reading is the first sharing of that work. All Squads are […]

Squad 10: North West Introductory Workshop

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH EMMA & FRANCESCA   These workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set, that’s fine, just let Steve know. These will be on Zoom and […]

GETTING THERE with Emma Beverley

OK, what next? You have had some work published, you have been doing some readings or shows or are thinking about how to get some. You are beginning to think of yourself as a professional writer, or artist, or think maybe you should start thinking of yourself as such. What are the next steps? Emma […]

Squad 10: Yorkshire & North East Introductory Workshop

INTRODUCTORY WORKSHOP WITH FRANCESCA & MALIKA   These workshops will give you the chance to meet the Core Team. We will invite you to the ones in your region, but if the date doesn’t suit and you can go to the other set, that’s fine, just let Steve know. These will be on Zoom and […]



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