• 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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  • Rochdale Town Hall Tour

    18th April, 2024 This week the Riverside Writers will be meeting at the Town Hall instead of the Rochdale Central Library. We will have a guided tour to look at the amazing renovation work led by one of our members Joanne who is also a guide for the Town Hall. The tour should give us…

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  • Writing for teens / YA

    Our session on Thursday 11th April will include a workshop about writing for a teen and young adult audience. We will discuss the styles, topics and tips for writing for this audience and there will be writing exercises to get our creativity working. As always all are welcome and need only bring something to write…

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  • “It’s the way I tell ‘em”

    Thursday 4th April 2024 – A workshop with a focus on telling stories writing in prose. Eileen Earnshaw will lead the session which will as always be both informative and fun. All welcome and the session will run at our regular time of 10am to 12noon at Rochdale Central Library, Number One Roverside. All you…

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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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