Category: Blog
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Birdlore
Thurs 12th May – 10am – 12noon, Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside The Riverside Writers workshop this week will be “Birdlore” by Seamus Kelly. Taking inspiration from folklore, mythology, and legends, involving birds, we will be sharing examples and creating some new pieces. There are classic tales about all sorts of birds including kingfishers,…
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What’s in a picture?
The picture below was taken at the opening of our really super day in Rochdale Town Hall for our Folk Like Us event. We are grateful to the Mayor of Rochdale for opening our event and spending time watching, listening and chatting to audiences and performers. Over 300 people came to the Town Hall and…
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A day in the park
Thursday 29th May 2025, 10am – 12noon Riverside writers session at the Rochdale Central Library will be led by Eileen Earnshaw with a theme of “A day in the park”. That should create lots of inspiration, trigger memories and, no doubt, provide lots of different approaches to the theme. The session as always if free,…
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Taking Flight
Thursday 22nd May, 10am to 12noon This week the Riverside Writers Creative Writing Group will feature a workshop from Seamus Kelly, titled “Taking Flight”. The initial ideas came from time spent in the last week or so watching fledgling starlings taking flight – sometimes there is lots of tentative flapping of wings, sometimes running back…
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Rage
Thursday 24th April, 10am to 12noon This week we will have a session with a side to it. We all know the feeling, not just a bit miffed, cross, or even livid, but enraged. What do we do about it? As writers we can write the anger and emotion into our characters, our stories or…
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Rochdale Town Hall
Thursday 17th April 2025 This week the Riverside Writers will be concentrating on Rochdale Town Hall. At the end of May we will be holding an event in this celebrated architectural gem which has recently been brought back to its former magnificence. In preparation for the event we will bring along our Town Hall, Rochdale…
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Writing and poetry into April
After putting the clocks forward this weekend grab your notebooks and pens for a busy start to April. On Tuesday 1st April from 6pm to 8pm you can share your poetry at Poetry Café at Coffee on the Corner in Littleborough. We love to hear your poems, other favourite poems. If you want to read…
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Dialogue workshop
Thursday 27th March 2025 The theme for this week’s session in Rochdale Central library is “dialogue” with a workshop being delivered by Eileen Earnshaw who has given us an alternative title of “He said, she said”. The topic should provoke plenty of conversation, and writing, at our regular time from 10am to 12noon. We’d love…
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Pancake Day Poetry Café
Tuesday 4th March 2025, 6pm to 8pm Poetry Café is an entertaining and thought provoking evening with a range of great poetry friendly. This welcoming open mic event was launched last year by Liz White and Seamus Kelly and is hosted by Café on the Corner in Littleborough. The event is free but we’d ask…
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Hope Springs Eternal – at Riverside Writers
Thursday 27th February, 10am to 12noon This week Eileen Earnshaw will be facilitating a workshop entitled “Hope Springs Eternal” at our usual time of 10am to 12noon, at Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale. This free session for anyone aged 18+ will provide inspiration and chances to write and share your work. As Riverside…
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Graveyards, Priories, Watch Houses and Ghosts
Thurs 20th February 2025. This week the Riverside Writers are being treated to a workshop facilitated by Ray Stearn. With the title of “Graveyards, Priories, Watch Houses and Ghosts” this promises to be a bit dark, maybe a bit spooky and with Ray at the helm it is sure to be entertaining and fun. Looking…
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A research session Thursday 13th February 2025
In a change from our regular venue the Riverside Writers will be meeting from 10am to 12noon at the Rochdale Local Studies Unit, Norman Rd, Rochdale OL11 4HS. The aim of this week’s Riverside Writers session is to collect research about Rochdale and Lancashire which will help to inform writing at following sessions back in…
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Boom! Then the sky fell in
This evening we enjoyed, “Poetry Café, an excellent evening of poetry from 10 local poets at Coffee in the Corner in Littleborough. Next on Thursday morning, 6th February, Riverside Writers will feature a workshop entitled “Boom! Then the sky fell in” from Eileen Earnshaw. Expect inspiration and ideas from what promises to be an enjoyable…
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Nostalgia and Place
This Thursday morning, 30th January, we will be treated to a workshop from Eileen Earnshaw called “Nostalgia and Place”. In Eileen’s previous workshop we looked at characters in story and to follow that we will be looking at the roles placed by memory and location, and the way that the place itself can become one…
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Creative Writing Thursday 23rd January
Tomorrow the Riverside Writers will meet at our usual time in Rochdale Library at Number One Riverside. There will be plenty of opportunity to create some new writing with a workshop from Seamus or Eileen. Members write across a wide range of genres and subjects with the weekly workshops designed to encourage and inspire new…