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March 2024
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‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going? These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space. Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to. Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.
January’s workshop offers a free ‘taster’ session. You are under no obligation, but if you enjoy the workshop you may register for the remaining eleven meetings here.
STUDY DETAILS:
- Wednesday 31 January 2024, 7.00-8.30 pm (UK)
- Initial ‘taster’ session for a series of twelve workshops on Zoom on the last Wednesday of the month, 7.00-8.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable
- First meeting free of charge (series of twelve meetings £220)
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(Wednesday) 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm(GMT+00:00)
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VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM
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Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash
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‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going? These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space. Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to. Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.
We are offering the workshops in quarterly blocks of three (or two in the case of February and March following the ‘taster’ session in January).
Alison will also send each participant a weekly self-guided prompt to keep their practice going between workshop sessions!
STUDY DETAILS:
- A series of workshops on Zoom, each on the last Wednesday of the month, 5.30-7.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable.
- Offered in blocks: February/March (following the free ‘taster’ session in January); April/May/June; July/August/September; October/November/December.
- Two two-hour workshops on 28 February and 27 March 2024, £50 (including notes, resources and weekly writing prompts).
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(Wednesday) 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm(GMT+00:00)
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VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM
April 2024
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Russian writers are renowned the world over for their mastery of the short story form. In his 2021 book A Swim
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Russian writers are renowned the world over for their mastery of the short story form. In his 2021 book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain (in which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading and Life) Man Booker Prize winner George Saunders offers his own masterclass in storytelling and life. In his wondrous investigation, he presents seven classic Russian short stories alongside close readings of his own.
In our focused study of the reading and writing of short stories we will read stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy and Gogol. Alongside our own reading and responses we will consider George Saunders’ reactions, technical explanations and questions, which will inform our detailed discussions of these exceptional works.
On the value of close reading together, Saunders writes:
‘To study the way we read is to study the way the mind works: the way it evaluates a statement for truth, the way it behaves in relation to another mind (i.e., the writer’s) across space and time… The part of the mind that reads a story is also the part that reads the world; it can deceive us, but it can also be trained to accuracy; it can fall into disuse and make us more susceptible to lazy, violent, materialistic forces, but it can also be urged back to life, transforming us into more active, curious, alert readers of reality.’
George Saunders
Join us as we dive into this unique blend of fiction and non-fiction. As we read we will consider what makes a good story as well as what makes a good life.
JOINING DETAILS:
- Six-week study on Zoom led by Alison Cable
- Tuesdays, 5.00-7.00 pm (UK)
- 9, 16, 23, 30 April & 7, 14 May 2024
- £150 to include introductory notes and resources
- In addition to reading individual stories, we will refer extensively to George Saunders’ analysis in A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, ISBN 978-1526624246, which is a required text for this study
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(Tuesday) 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm(GMT+01:00)
Location
VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM
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Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash
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‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going? These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space. Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to. Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.
We are offering the workshops in quarterly blocks of three (or two in the case of February and March following the ‘taster’ session in January).
Alison will also send each participant a weekly self-guided prompt to keep their practice going between workshop sessions!
STUDY DETAILS:
- A series of workshops on Zoom, each on the last Wednesday of the month, 5.30-7.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable.
- Offered in blocks: February/March (following the free ‘taster’ session in January); April/May/June; July/August/September; October/November/December.
- Three two-hour workshops on 24 April, 29 May and 26 June 2024, £75 (including notes, resources and weekly writing prompts).
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Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
Location
VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
July 2024
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Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash
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‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going? These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space. Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to. Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.
We are offering the workshops in quarterly blocks of three (or two in the case of February and March following the ‘taster’ session in January).
Alison will also send each participant a weekly self-guided prompt to keep their practice going between workshop sessions!
STUDY DETAILS:
- A series of workshops on Zoom, each on the last Wednesday of the month, 5.30-7.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable.
- Offered in blocks: February/March (following the free ‘taster’ session in January); April/May/June; July/August/September; October/November/December.
- Three two-hour workshops on 31 July, 28 August and 25 September 2024, £75 (including notes, resources and weekly writing prompts).
Organizer
Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT+01:00)
Location
VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM
Future Event Times in this Repeating Event Series
October 2024
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Photo by Jan Kahánek on Unsplash
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‘What sort of diary should I like mine to be? Something loose knit and not slovenly, so elastic it will embrace anything, solemn, slight or beautiful that comes into my mind. I would like it to resemble some deep old desk, or capacious hold-all, in which one flings a mass of odds and ends without looking them through.’
Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary: Being Extracts from the Diary of Virginia Woolf
Freeing? Playful? Empowering? Reflective writing in the safety of a private journal is a good way to take a deeper, more imaginative look at life’s experiences. Not sure how to get started, or in need of support to keep a regular practice going? These monthly workshops will introduce you to a range of creative ideas for your own reflective journal, keeping you engaged and committed in a non-critical space. Each month’s workshop will offer inspiring themes and tools for reflection and expression – and opportunities to share with the group if you choose to. Join us to brighten and expand your writing practice in 2024.
We are offering the workshops in quarterly blocks of three (or two in the case of February and March following the ‘taster’ session in January).
Alison will also send each participant a weekly self-guided prompt to keep their practice going between workshop sessions!
STUDY DETAILS:
- A series of workshops on Zoom, each on the last Wednesday of the month, 5.30-7.30 pm (UK) led by Alison Cable.
- Offered in blocks: February/March (following the free ‘taster’ session in January); April/May/June; July/August/September; October/November/December.
- Three two-hour workshops on 30 October, 27 November and a date in December to be confirmed 2024, £75 (including notes, resources and weekly writing prompts).
Organizer
Time
(Wednesday) 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm(GMT+00:00)
Location
VIRTUAL - VIA ZOOM