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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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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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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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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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Flash Fiction – May 2024
Last Thursday morning Eileen Earnshaw delivered a workshop session about writing Flash Fiction, and this week, Thursday 23rd May, the group will continue working on this theme. So what is Flash Fiction? There are various definitions but all of them involve telling a complete, fictional story in around 1000 words or less. The story needs…
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25th April – Rochdale Central Library
We will be meeting tomorrow, 25th April, at our regular time from 10am to 12noon, in the Library. This session will take inspirations from last week’s excellent tour of Rochdale Town Hall. There will be prompts suitable for everyone including those who I have not yet visited our magnificent restored Town Hall. All welcome, aged…
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Thursday 28th March – Life Flavours
As we approach the Easter Weekend, Eileen had been thinking about chocolate eggs, rabbit and various other cocoa-based confectionery. The workshop this week has been created by Eileen who has widened the chocolate ideas to “Life Flavours”. Why not come and join us from 10:00am to 12:00noon, in Rochdale Central Library, for what is sure…
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Writing Stories for Children
Our session on Thursday 21st March at Rochdale Central Library will be a workshop all about writing stories for children. This workshop will be facilitated by Seamus Kelly. We will look at some well known stories for inspiration and consider some of the things that make stories attractive for children. Although the focus is narrative…
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Eileen wins Edwin Waugh Society President’s Cup
Congratulations to the founder of our group, Eileen Earnshaw, who has been awarded The President’s Cup for her entry in the Edwin Waugh Society annual competition. You can read the winning poem here: At Sunday Mass. We are welcomed to his house, Whatever day or reason, philosophically, you could say that god is with us…
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Great first session at Riverside
A total of 13 writers attended our first session in our new venue and had a very enjoyable and productive workshop “In defence of small towns” led by Eileen Earnshaw.
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7th March 2024
This Thursday morning, 7th March,10:00am to 12:00noon, we have our first creative writing session in our new venue at Number One Riverside, Rochdale. Eileen Earnshaw will lead her workshop “In defence of small towns”. Open to all, aged 18+, and new writers are always welcome. Refreshments are available from the on-site Bean independent coffee shop.…
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Workshop 29/02/2024
Our final session at Vibe, before moving to the central library will be a Worksop led by Eileen titles “The devil said” Want to know, or decide, what was said? Then come and join us