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 […]

Open to poets in Squads 1-9. A fast paced workshop filled with tips, quotes and prompts to level up your poetry practice. For poets who want to refresh their poetry on the page and explore how we combine inspiration, commitment and productivity to balance earning a living and being an artist in a complex changing […]

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. […]

Open to all writers Squads 1-9. Exploring the ways in which we as writers can nourish ourselves through material found outside of our own artistic niche: other genres or forms of literature and art, or from more unusual places in the world around us. SIGN UP HERE

Open to poets Squads 1-9. Exploring all aspects of putting together a collection of your own poetry, from initial idea to final sign-off. (NB The focus in this session will be more on the creative process than how to get your collection published.) SIGN UP HERE

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 […]

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 […]

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

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 […]