A welcoming online home for all creative writers
Lunchtime Workshops: Take A Moment
One-off writing sessions on Zoom, led by special guest tutors
The most precious thing we can give our writing is time - but that can be the trickiest thing to find. So, in the Writing Room spirit of helping writers get what they need, we’ve enlisted some very special writer-tutors to give you a moment in the middle of the day to explore, experiment and focus.
You’ll think, write, and re-dedicate yourself to your words in the company of fellow writers who are all seeking ‘a moment’ too. The sessions are designed to get ideas flowing for you to keep developing beyond the hour. Bring an open mind and heart, and quite possibly a sandwich or two!
These sessions welcome writers at all levels.
Any questions, just get in touch with our Programme Director: kate@writingroom.org.uk
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"The lunchtime workshop was brilliant. I absolutely loved it and found it so useful and inspiring. Thank you!"
Lizzie
Take A Moment lunchtime series
TAKE A MOMENT ON WRITING DIFFERENCE
'LONG LUNCH' TALK & WORKSHOP WITH HANNAH LOWE
Writing Difference
How do we write characters whose lives differ markedly from our own — in race, class, gender, culture, or lived experience — without causing harm or reinforcing stereotypes? And should we even try? This workshop will explore the ethical and creative challenges of writing across difference. We’ll look at examples from contemporary literature, discuss questions of voice, authority, and accountability, and reflect on the intentions and responsibilities of the writer. Through short writing exercises and discussion, we’ll consider how curiosity, research, humility, and imagination can help us write with care and integrity. This is a reflective, exploratory session suitable for writers at any stage.
We're thrilled that our Patron of Writing, Hannah Lowe, is returning to teaching at Writing Room with this all-important talk and workshop, essential in our view for all serious writers to attend. Hannah is a poet, memoirist and academic. Her latest book, The Kids, a Poetry Book Society ‘Choice’ for Autumn, won the Costa Poetry Award and the Costa Book of the Year, 2021, and was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Prize. She is the 2024 recipient of the Eccles Centre-Hay Festival Writers Award for her work in progress, The Woman in The Chinese Collar. She is also a founding member for the Chinese-Caribbean Studies Network. and you can read more about her here.
Thursday 6 November
'Long Lunch' talk & workshop
12.00-1.30pm
ZOOM delivery
£24
Email contact@writingroom.org.uk to book your place
Writing Room is a registered Community Interest Company: a non-profit arts organisation committed to serving the interests of our diverse community of creative writers.
Many people are under-represented in the writing world as a result of their socio-economic background, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age or disability. Writing Room is a welcoming online home for ALL creative writers (18+). Come and join us!
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