Category: Spoken word
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Riverside Writers – Ray Stearn + Online Writing Group Session
Online Creative Writing Group – Tuesday 26th May, 6.30pm to 8.00pm After a successful first session two weeks ago the second meeting of the online writing group will take place on Zoom. The session is hosted by Seamus Kelly for Rochdale Writes and will include prompts and writing exercises with plenty of chance to write…
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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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Katie Haigh at Riverside
The Dreaded Blank Page – Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, 10am – 12noon This week we are delighted to welcome Heywood based poet and writer Katie Haigh as a guest facilitator. Katie is known as the leader of the monthly Heywood Scribblers writing group, previously led a writing group at Darnhill and facilitated for…
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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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Sestinas – Thursday 19th March
Rochdale Central Library – 10am to 12noon A focus on poetry this week as Eileen Earnshaw will be bringing us a workshop about the Sestina – a French poetic form that…. Maybe I’ll wait until Thursday morning before saying more. Anyway that almost explains the French photo for this post. As always there will be…
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Marching into Spring
The first week of March is another one full of creative writing opportunities and events. Tuesday 3rd, 6pm to 8pm – Poetry Café, Coffee on the Corner, Littleborough A welcoming and supportive open mic style evening with great poetry and atmosphere. The event is free so please support our venue by purchasing some of…
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February starts with plenty of creative writing
This week there are several great creative writing events in Rochdale as well as our own weekly Riverside Writers session. Here are the details in brief: Monday 2nd February, Northern Rascals, 5pm to 6.30pm, Rochdale Northern Rascals are bringing a special creative session to Richard Street Studios on Monday and have invited members and…
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Jan 22nd – Writing Animals
This Thursday 22nd January our workshop led by Seamus Kelly will consider “Writing Animals”. In this session we will consider different approaches, writing from different points of view, and look at some examples (well known and less so). There will be plenty of chance to write and share. This workshop should be informative and help…
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Alternative Christmas – Thursday 18th December
Rochdale Central Library 10am to 12 noon This Thursday sees the final Riverside Writers session of the year so we will have a bit of a celebration – mince pies and lots of poetry and prose. We’ll have a theme of ‘Alternative Christmas” and invite members to bring something to read or to write…
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Poetry Café – The Legend of Krampus – Rochdale Laureate
There is plenty of creative writing activity in Rochdale as we head into December, so sharpen your pencils, fill your pens and join us. Poetry Café Tuesday 2nd December, 6pm to 8pm, Coffee on the Corner, Littleborough On Tuesday evening the Poetry Café, open mic event, returns to the excellent Coffee on the Corner…
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Poetry Café and Riverside Writers Workshop
Poetry Café, Coffee on the Corner, Littleborough Tuesday 7th October, 6pm to 8pm Come along and share your poetry, read a favourite piece or enjoy listening to those performing, in the cosy café with lovely homemade cakes, excellent hot drinks and available since last month a glass of wine. If you wish to read please…
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Introducing Poetic Form (and function) – Thurs 11th September
ROCHDALE CENTRAL LIBRARY – 10am-12noon At Riverside Writers this week Seamus Kelly will lead a workshop introducing some of the ways in which poets can structure their work. It might sometimes seem that Free Verse has no structure at all and other forms like Sonnets, Odes or Villanelles seem to be overloaded with “rules”. Of…
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When September Comes
Riverside Writers Schools reopen and following a great visit to Chetham’s Library yesterday the Riverside Writers return to our weekly creative writing session in Rochdale Central Library every Thursday morning from 10am to 12noon. On Thursday 4th September Seamus Kelly will be running a workshop entitled “Fantastical” where we will be taking inspiration from a…