Tag: Writing group
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Happy New Year – 8th January – We’re Back!
This Thursday, 8th January 2026, is the first Riverside Writers session of the year. This week our session will include a poetry workshop delivered by Sammy Weaver, Rochdale’s Poet Laureate. Sammy will be encouraging and supporting the writers to create poems around themes of identity and origin – where we come from and what it…
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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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Wintering – Thursday 11th December
10am to 12noon, Rochdale Central Library Riverside Writers workshop this week will be led by Eileen Earnshaw on the theme of “Wintering”. So now that storm Bran has passed it is time to get out and do some writing. As always anyone aged 18+ is welcome to come along, no need to book, just bring…
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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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Not sure I ever liked him anyway
Rochdale Central Library Thursday 27th November – 10am to 12noon “Not sure I ever liked him anyway” is the title for a workshop from Riverside Writers’ Eileen Earnshaw focused on character development. Whenever you create a story, whatever genre it falls into, you’ll need to create suitably interesting characters. This is the session to…
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Our house, in the middle of our street
Thursday 20th November 10am – 12noon, Rochdale Central Library, Number One This week our workshop will be led by Eileen Earnshaw with the title Our house, in the middle of our street. Sounds like Madness to me, Baggy Trousers optional – but expect to be inspired, supported or cajoled to get your creativity flowing and…
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Remembrance workshop
Thursday 13th November, 10am – 12noon Rochdale Central Library In the week where those killed in war are remembered the Riverside Writers workshop, themed on remembrance, will be delivered by Ray Stearn. As always our workshops are open to anyone aged 18+, you just need to bring something to write with. The sessions are free…
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Letting the Light Shine In
Lemn Sissay inspired workshop 10am to 12noon Thursday 6th November 2025 Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside Tomorrow Eileen Earnshaw will be delivering a workshop themed on and inspired by national poetic treasure Lemn Sissay. There will be plenty of opportunity to create some new poetry, or other genre should you prefer. We welcome…
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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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The Red Dress
Thursday 23rd October, 2025, 10am to 12noon Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside This week Maggie Kelly will lead a workshop based on “The Red Dress” a 14 year creative project by British artist Kirstie Macleod. The red dress itself has been embroidered by 380 people in 51 countries and is a stunning, and record…
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Ghosties and ghoulies and things that write poems in the night
Thursday 16th October, 10am – 12noon Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale As we head towards Halloween at the end of this month the spiders webs, skeletons, ghosts, vampires, pumpkins and plastic gravestones are popping up in front gardens around the country. In keeping with that the Riverside Writers are being treated to a…
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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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Lancashire Themed Workshop – 25th Sept 2025
10am – 12noon – Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside This week the Riverside Writers session will be looking at the county of Lancashire along with its people and traditions Seamus Kelly will be leading a workshop with lots of opportunities for discussion and writing. As always anyone aged 18+ is welcome to join the…
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Take a Break! – Creative Writing Workshop
Thursday 18th Sept – 10am to 12noon – Number One Riverside This week Ray Stearn will be delivering a writing workshop, titled “Take a Break!” in Rochdale Central Library. With Eileen Earnshaw currently incapacitated Ray will be taking the helm this week and you can expect a mix of humour, deadly puns and opportunities to…
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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…