Tag: Writing group
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Workshop – Approaching the Door – Eileen Earnshaw
This week, on Thursday 10th October 2024, our regular weekly creative writing session will be facilitated by Eileen Earnshaw. The theme for this session is “Approachig the Door” and Eileen is sure to bring some interesting angles and examples to the theme. Venue is Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale and the free session…
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Workshop – “Saving the Day” – Eileen Earnshaw
Thursday 3rd October, 10am to 12noon, Number One Riverside, Rochdale This week our creative writing session will include a workshop from Eileen Earnshaw titled “Saving the Day”. The session is free and anyone aged 18+ can join us, no need to book, just turn up with a pen and paper as you will be welcome…
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Workshop – I Come From
26th September 2024 This Thursday the Riverside Writers session will be a poetry/spoken word workshop titled “I come from” delivered by Seamus Kelly. We will discuss the theme, which encompasses time and place, family, community, dreams, and hopes and we will look at some examples of relevant writing, before creating some new work. There will…
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New Writing Development Sessions
In response to suggestions from members, Thursday 19th September 2024, sees the introduction of a new style of session for Riverside Writers. As a group we aim to encourage and support each other in creative writing and we have set a target to produce new writing and prepare it for submission to publishers. To prepare…
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Riverside Writers – new workshop – Endings
Thursday 5th September – 10am to 12noon – Rochdale Central Library Our regular weekly writing group returns from our Summer break this Thursday with a workshop on the theme of “Endings” by Eileen Earnshaw. As always all, aged 18+, are welcome. We look forward to meeting existing and new members.
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Riverside Writers Summer Celebration – 13th July 2024
Everyone is welcome to our celebration of Summer and creative writing this Saturday, 13th July, from 10am at Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale. There is no need to book, just come along on the day. This free event promises to be both informative and entertaining and a great opportunity to talk about creative…
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Creative Lives Awards 2024
We are delighted that Riverside Writers have been shortlisted for these awards and would appreciate your votes in the People’s Choice category. You can vote here https://www.creative-lives.org/2024-shortlist The full Press release is below: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The power of creativity and community celebrated as Riverside Writers is shortlisted for the 2024 Creative Lives Awards ● …
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Festival of Libraries Writing Workshop: Words, Curses, and Warnings
Thursday 13th June 2024, 10am to noon. As part of the festival of libraries our regular session on Thursday morning, 13th July, will be a writing workshop themed on libraries and titled “Words, curses and warnings”. The workshop will be facilitated by Eileen Earnshaw. This workshop is open to all and free of charge. All…
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Psychics and Clairvoyants
Thursday 6th June 2024 This week at Riverside Writers sees another workshop from Eileen Earnshaw. The session promises a lighthearted look at futures. As always everyone (18+) is welcome to the session which is free of charge (voluntary donations are welcome but not required). After writing about seeing the future you may like to stay…
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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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The Sea
Living on an island (quite a big one really) we are all surrounded by seas, whenever we want to travel beyond Great Britain we must cross the seas – Michael Rosen might ask if we might go over it in areoplanes or hovercraft, under it through the Chunnel, or through it on boats and ferries.…
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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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“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…