Tag: Spoken word
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Lots of Writing Events in June
Tuesday 2nd June, 6pm – 8pm – Poetry Café – Coffee on the Corner Littleborough This relaxed and friendly open mic style poetry event takes place on the first Tuesday evening of the month. Always a great variety of poets to listen to and of course you are welcome to read some of your own,…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Poetry Events coming up in 2026
As Rochdale enters the final quarter of its year as Town of Culture there are several great poetry events coming up from Rochdale Creates and hosted by Sammy Weaver, Rochdale Poet Laureate. These events will feature some great local talent alongside nationally renowned performers, poets and writers. All events are free of charge but spaces…
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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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The Raven – creative writing workshop, and Poetry Café
Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale On the day before Halloween it feels appropriate to look at the Raven. We will look at the classic, dark, poem by Edgar Allen Poe and plenty of other historical and mythological references to the raven, the largest and cleverest of the corvids. There will be plenty of…
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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…