Online Schedule during COVID measures
27 April 2020
In response to a changed cultural landscape and government advice on movement restrictions, ArtfulScribe will continue to support existing writing groups and new communities by offering a wide range of online creative writing workshops to writers of all ages and stages of development. Commencing from Saturday 25thApril 2020, our online delivery schedule is as follows:
Monday 7-9pm: Mayflower Creative Writers
(18-25 years) led by Antosh Wojcik
writing, editing and developing work for performance and publication (all genres)
For sign-up details, please email mayflowercreativewriters@artfulscribe.co.uk
Playwright, dramatist, and performance poet, Antosh has featured on Sky Arts, toured nationally and is a former winner of the Roundhouse Poetry Slam.
Wednesday 9.30-11am ArtfulScribe Junior Writers Club
(from 13thMay) (7-11 years) led by Susmita Bhattacharya
NEW group aimed at primary school children featuring fun ways to engage and get creative with words, encouraging young people’s voices to be heard.
For sign-up details, please email
juniorwritersclub@artfulscribe.co.uk
Susmita is an award-winning novelist whose recent book Table Mannerswon a Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection. Her work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and when not writing Susmita is mother to two girls and a cat called Karishma.
Wednesday 11.30-1pm ArtfulScribe Young Writers Online
(From 13th May) Aimed at Secondary School and 6thForm college-aged participants, led by Tabitha Hayward featuring creative approaches to generate new work for publication, performance, and personal satisfaction (all genres)
For sign-up details please emailyoungwritersonline@artfulscribe.co.uk
Tabitha Hayward holds a First Class English Degree from University of Oxford and works as a script-reader for Finborough Theatre and as an English tutor. A brilliantly engaging creative practitioner. Her work has been published in Stanpoint Magazine, The Missing Slate, and The Oxford Magazine.
Thursday 11am-1pm SO:Write Women
Weeks 1 and 3 of each month led by Joanna Barnard
A group tailored towards creating, sharing and celebrating women’s writing in a safe and supportive environment
For sign-up details please email
sowritewomen@artfulscribe.co.uk
Joanna Barnard won the Bath Novel Award in 2014 with Precocious and her second novel Hush Little Baby was published in 2017. Jo has worked with SO:Write Women for the past three years.
You can find out more about Joanna at www.joannaibarnard.wordpress.com and read about SO:Write Women in our blog at www.artfulscribe.co.uk/blogs
Thursday 11am-1pm Writing for Wellbeing
Weeks 2 and 4 of each month led by Joanna Barnard
A qualified counsellor and award-winning novelist leads these sessions to encourage new and advanced writers to develop a toolbox of skills for creative self-expression during times of crisis
Participants in a recent pilot described the sessions as ‘validating’, ‘healing’, ‘inspiring’ and more.
For sign-up details please email
writingforwellbeing@artfulscribe.co.uk
Saturday 9.00 – 10.45am Mayflower Young Writers (11-14 years)
led by award-winning author Susmita Bhattacharya.
A Hampshire-based group for young writers who normally meet at Mayflower Theatre during term-time and work towards project-based outcomes including publishing an anthology and writing for performance. You can find out more about the Mayflower Young Writers here:
http://artfulscribe.co.uk/blog-category/mayflower-young-writers
For sign-up details, please email
youngwriters@artfulscribe.co.uk
Saturday 11am- 1pm Mayflower Young Writers (15-18 years)
led by award-winning author, Susmita Bhattacharya
A Hampshire-based group for young writers who normally meet at Mayflower Theatre during term-time and work towards project-based outcomes including arts awards, publishing an anthology and writing for performance. You can find out more about the Mayflower Young Writers here:
http://artfulscribe.co.uk/blog-category/mayflower-young-writers
For sign-up details, please email
youngwriters@artfulscribe.co.uk
Saturday 9.15 – 1045am Lighthouse Young Writers (11-14 years)
led by Tabitha Hayward
A Dorset-based group for young writers who normally meet at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts during term-time and work towards project-based outcomes including arts awards, publishing an anthology and writing for performance
For sign-up details please email
artfulscribe@artfulscribe.co.uk
Saturday 11.15 – 1pm Lighthouse Young Writers (15-18 years)
led by Tabitha Hayward
A Dorset-based group for young writers who normally meet at Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts during term-time and work towards project-based outcomes including arts awards, publishing an anthology and writing for performance
For sign-up details please email
artfulscribe@artfulscribe.co.uk
