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  • The gift of an empty room

    The gift of an empty room

    Had a weird experience yesterday when I ran a writing workshop and only one person turned up – and she was 40 minutes late!  I’m quite accomplished at promoting my own writing events and I usually manage to drum up enough interest to make my workshops viable but, in this instance, I wasn’t responsible for Read more

  • The Page as Open Field with Carrie Etter

    The Page as Open Field with Carrie Etter

    A post about another enjoyable and interesting poetry workshop devised and delivered by Carrie Etter, made possible by Hilda Sheehan and Bluegate Poets, at The Richard Jeffries Musuem, near Swindon. In The Page as Open Field we read and discussed six poems which use the page in a non-linear, unconventional way, with text not necessarily Read more

  • Writing Workshops and Events in and around Wiltshire (and beyond!)

    Writing Workshops and Events in and around Wiltshire (and beyond!)

    2023/24 UPDATE New workshops in Bradford-on-Avon. Details here. ________________________________________________________________________ NEWSFLASH FREE WRITING WORKSHOPS (POETRY AND SHORT FICTION) SALISBURY LIBRARY You are invited to join writer Josephine Corcoran in these enjoyable workshops. In a supportive, friendly environment you will: • read and discuss a variety of poems and short stories to inspire your own work. • Read more

  • Reading, Writing, Rejections, Acceptance

    Reading, Writing, Rejections, Acceptance

    February already and what is everyone up to? I really enjoy Robin Houghton’s blog so I thought I would follow her example and share some of what’s been happening in my life. Robin reports regularly on what she’s reading, where she’s sending her poetry and where it’s been accepted/rejected. She also shares information gleaned from Read more

  • Smallstone poem for the last day of January

    Smallstone poem for the last day of January

            Smallstones As a boy I loved skimming grit. Now that I’m a man I spread my picnic rug by the smallstones so I won’t be overlooked when having sex. I am an elf, had a gallstone the size of half a pea the surgeon said, wincing in empathy. My sister is Read more

  • WordWeavers Session 4 – Writing Dialogue

    WordWeavers Session 4 – Writing Dialogue

    Students began by reading their stories from last week when they’d placed one of their own fictional characters in a work setting they’d researched by interviewing other students.  The writing was diverse and really interesting and included a man working in an all-female cleaning crew, a white Zimbabwean farmer advising on simulation exercises to a Read more