Category: Fiction
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Mug Shots – Glenis Meeks
Thursday 21st May, 10am to 12noon, Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale This week at Riverside Glenis Meeks will be leading a workshop titled Mug Shots. Glenis has been busy researching at Rochdale’s Local Studies Centre and looking at records from the criminal cases in the days that the Court was in the…
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What Happened in the End? – Joanne Wood
Thursday 14th May, 10am – 12noon, Rochdale Central Library This week’s Riverside Writers creative writing workshop will be led by Jo Wood. Jo is a writer who has a talent for telling stories and for including plenty of humour. She is also a volunteer guide at Rochdale Town Hall where she shares lots of history…
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Lots of writing opportunities in May
Poetry Café, Coffee on the Corner, Littleborough, 6pm to 8pm – Tuesday 5th May Come along to share or listen to poetry a great open-mic style event. There is always a great variety of poetry and should you wish to read (your own work or favourites) please let Seamus know on arrival so you can…
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Riverside Writers Workshop, Poetry Café and a New Online Writing Group
Riverside Writers Workshop – Crystal Thursday 30th April, Rochdale Central Library, 10am to 12noon – Free This week Seamus Kelly will be leading a workshop entitled Crystal. Apart from it’s chemical and physical meaning Crystal is very much associated with Clarity. In this session we will look at, and get to try, some of the…
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‘Let me be kept warm by the bridges I have burnt’ – Plus future Town Hall Courtroom visit
Writing Workshop – Eileen Earnshaw – Thursday 23rd April Rochdale Central Library 10am – 12noon Using a literary quote about burning bridges Eileen will be leading a workshop all about revenge. Careful now! your actions might have repercussions. No need to burn anything but just bring along something to write with and join us. Anyone…
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Poetry Café and Riverside Writers
Another week with plenty of opportunity to get our creative writing juices flowing with two local events: Time – by Eileen Earnshaw Rochdale Central Library, Thursday 9th April, 10am – 12noon This week Eileen will be leading a workshop around the concept of time and its use in literature. What a great way to spend…
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Build-a-Story – Thursday 26th March
Rocdale Central Library, Nounber One Riverside 10am to 12noon At our session this week Seamus Kelly will take us on a trip through making stories. Think Build-a-Bear but instead a bear we’ll make stories, instead of picking an outfit we’ll make characters, instead of pumping it full of stuffing we’ll inject ideas and plot. And…
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Flash Fiction – 12th March 2026
Rochdale Central Library 10am – 12noon This week Seamus Kelly will be leading a workshop on Flash Fiction. Flash Fiction means short (very short) stories and is an increasingly popular genre. We’ll look at various examples, find out more about the format and concepts and of course we’ll have plenty of opportunity to create and…