Category: Blog
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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…
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Happy New Year
Resolutions and inspirations Happy New Year to all of our members and subscribers. At this time of year there is lots of talk about making resolutions, behaving differently for the month of January etc. Personally I don’t do New Year resolutions – for a number of reasons one of which is that serious decisions need…
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Thursday 21st November – Developing and Editing Session
This Thursday morning the Riverside Writers session, being our third session of the month, is a chance to bring along copies of some of your writing to share with the group and chat about how it might be developed and edited. The session will be supportive and friendly and is really useful for those wanting…
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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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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…