Author: Seamus
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Halloween writing session
Thursday 31st October, 10am to 12noon As our regular session this week falls on Halloween Eileen Earnshaw will be delivering a suitably dark workshop. prepare to be afraid…. Everyone, aged 18+, is welcome at the session which will be taking place in Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside.
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Powerful Poetry Correction
I’m sorry that an extra letter crept into a link on the previous post – the link for the Powerful Poetry Panel. the correct link is below: Powerful Poetry Panel from 3:00pm to 4:00pm – with details and booking through the link below. https://www.yourtrustrochdale.co.uk/whats-on/events/powerful-poetry-panel/
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Powerful Poetry Events – Sun 27 Oct – Rochdale Town Hall
Hi all, at today’s workshop we were delighted with a turnout of 15 writers, and the range of ideas and quality of work produced was terrific. At the session we mentioned two poetry events in Rochdale Town Hall on Sunday. Both are free events but places need to be booked. They look like they should…
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Writing sessions for October
Riverside Writers next three sessions at Rochdale Central Library will be held on Thursday 17th, Thursday 24th and Thursday 31st October, all sessions from 10am to 12noon. The details of these three sessions are as follows: 17th October – following a successful writing development session last month this will be our second opportunity for our…
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Workshop – Approaching the Door – Eileen Earnshaw
This week, on Thursday 10th October 2024, our regular weekly creative writing session will be facilitated by Eileen Earnshaw. The theme for this session is “Approachig the Door” and Eileen is sure to bring some interesting angles and examples to the theme. Venue is Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale and the free session…
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Workshop – “Saving the Day” – Eileen Earnshaw
Thursday 3rd October, 10am to 12noon, Number One Riverside, Rochdale This week our creative writing session will include a workshop from Eileen Earnshaw titled “Saving the Day”. The session is free and anyone aged 18+ can join us, no need to book, just turn up with a pen and paper as you will be welcome…
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Workshop – I Come From
26th September 2024 This Thursday the Riverside Writers session will be a poetry/spoken word workshop titled “I come from” delivered by Seamus Kelly. We will discuss the theme, which encompasses time and place, family, community, dreams, and hopes and we will look at some examples of relevant writing, before creating some new work. There will…
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Special Celebration Open Mic Event 13 October 2024
Vicolo del Vino, Rochdale, 7pm Our founding member and superb poet, Eileen Earnshaw, will be celebrating her 80th birthday next month. Eileen has been involved with running a long-standing monthly open mic night in Rochdale at various locations. As from Sunday 13th October these events will have a new venue at Vicolo del Vino in…
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New Writing Development Sessions
In response to suggestions from members, Thursday 19th September 2024, sees the introduction of a new style of session for Riverside Writers. As a group we aim to encourage and support each other in creative writing and we have set a target to produce new writing and prepare it for submission to publishers. To prepare…
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Riverside Writers – new workshop – Endings
Thursday 5th September – 10am to 12noon – Rochdale Central Library Our regular weekly writing group returns from our Summer break this Thursday with a workshop on the theme of “Endings” by Eileen Earnshaw. As always all, aged 18+, are welcome. We look forward to meeting existing and new members.
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Poetry Café – new Monthly open-mic – Littleborough
18:00 – 20:00 – Coffee on the Corner -3rd September 2024 Members and followers of Riverside Writers will be interested to know that this Tuesday sees a brand new monthly poetry open mic event in Littleborough. This will be the first of a monthly event to be held on the first Tuesday of each month.…
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Summer Break
The Rivereside writers are taking a break during the month of August and look forward to recommencing our weekly sessions on Thursday mornings from the start of September. Meanwhile there is plenty of development going on with future plans and lots of time for writing. Some new pieces have been added to our sample page.…
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Riverside Writers Summer Celebration – 13th July 2024
Everyone is welcome to our celebration of Summer and creative writing this Saturday, 13th July, from 10am at Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale. There is no need to book, just come along on the day. This free event promises to be both informative and entertaining and a great opportunity to talk about creative…
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Sound Bites – 20 June 2024
The Royal Exchange Theatre will be running an event called FestiDale in Rochdale from 8th-18th August 2024. As part of this event there will be a theatrical performance of non-fictional stories collected from local people and turned into a production that will span up to 10 hours spread over 3 days of the festival. In…
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Creative Lives Awards 2024
We are delighted that Riverside Writers have been shortlisted for these awards and would appreciate your votes in the People’s Choice category. You can vote here https://www.creative-lives.org/2024-shortlist The full Press release is below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The power of creativity and community celebrated as Riverside Writers is shortlisted for the 2024 Creative Lives Awards ● …