Tag: Writing workshops
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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…
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Planning for September
Whilst Riverside Writers are having a little break from workshops during August we are still meeting on Thursday mornings to discuss, read, writer and share our creative writing. In September we will resume our weekly workshops and there are also new opportunities coming up: The Poetry Café events will resume at Coffee on the Corner…
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Charity, Fortitude & Hope
Thursday 17th July, 10am to 12noon, Rochdale Central Library This week the Riverside Writers session will include a workshop titled “Charity, Fortitude & Hope” from Ray Stearn. Although Ray is not divulging too much ahead of the session we do know that the words are the motto of the RNLI, and that Ray is a…
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The Big Six
Thursday 10th July, 10am to 12noon, Rochdale Central Library This week Eileen Earnshaw will be leading a workshop titled “The Big Six”. The big six in question is unlikely to be the six big football clubs, or the six Ghanaian leaders imprisoned in the 1940s while seeking independence from Britain. This being a creative writing…
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Café, Beauty and Rewinding
Another busy week with plenty of opportunities for creative writers. Tuesday 1st July, 6pm to 8pm, Poetry Café, Coffee on the Corner, Littleborough This evening, Tues 1st July, the Poetry Café takes place at Coffee on the Corner in Littleborough. All welcome to come along and share your poems or join our audience. As always…
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Before Its Too Late
Thursday 26th June, 10am – 12noon, Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside, Rochdale. Ray Stearn delivers this week’s workshop, inspired by a recent edition of the WWF magazine. I’m pretty sure the reference is to the World Wide Fund for Nature and not something to do with wrestling. This one promises to be an interesting…
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Poetry Day at Hare Hill House, Littleborough
Sat 28th June – 10am to 4pm There are still a few places left on the workshops at Hare Hill House on Saturday 28th June. There are two poetry writing workshops in the morning: Becky May will be running a Contemporary Poetry session while Seamus Kelly of Riverside Writers will running a Nature poetry session.…
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Please Sir, can I have some more?
Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside Thursday 19th June 2025, 10:00 – 12:00 Tomorrow’s Riverside Writers workshop will be “Please Sir, can I have some more?” by Eileen Earnshaw. More! More! Well OK then; more literary references, more inspiration, more discussion, more chances to create some new writing, more chances to share and hear other…
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Birdlore
Thurs 12th May – 10am – 12noon, Rochdale Central Library, Number One Riverside The Riverside Writers workshop this week will be “Birdlore” by Seamus Kelly. Taking inspiration from folklore, mythology, and legends, involving birds, we will be sharing examples and creating some new pieces. There are classic tales about all sorts of birds including kingfishers,…
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What’s in a picture?
The picture below was taken at the opening of our really super day in Rochdale Town Hall for our Folk Like Us event. We are grateful to the Mayor of Rochdale for opening our event and spending time watching, listening and chatting to audiences and performers. Over 300 people came to the Town Hall and…
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A day in the park
Thursday 29th May 2025, 10am – 12noon Riverside writers session at the Rochdale Central Library will be led by Eileen Earnshaw with a theme of “A day in the park”. That should create lots of inspiration, trigger memories and, no doubt, provide lots of different approaches to the theme. The session as always if free,…
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Taking Flight
Thursday 22nd May, 10am to 12noon This week the Riverside Writers Creative Writing Group will feature a workshop from Seamus Kelly, titled “Taking Flight”. The initial ideas came from time spent in the last week or so watching fledgling starlings taking flight – sometimes there is lots of tentative flapping of wings, sometimes running back…
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Stepping up to the microphone
15th May, Riverside Library With the upcoming “Folk Like Us” event on 31st May this week we will have the chance to learn and practice techniques reading with a microphone and amplifier, and get some useful tips for performing your poetry. The session will be run by Eileen Earnshaw and Seamus Kelly and will be…
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Happiness
Workshop 8th May – 10am to 12noon Don’t’ worry – be happy! This week Eileen Earnshaw brings us a workshop titled “Happiness”. As we head further into Spring the sun has been shining, the chicks are fledging and I’ve watched the first ducklings on the canal. So why not put on your smile, grab a…