Webinar: Moving Mountains Tuesday, 10th May 2022 1:30 PM - 2:45 PM
Creative Writing Workshop
With Nic Wilson and Louise Kenward
Do you enjoy watching nature out of the window, in the garden or in the local landscape? Perhaps you’d like to share your interest with others and explore your own creative voice?
This online creative nature writing workshop is for anyone interested in developing their writing on the natural world. We’ll look at different ways to connect with wildlife and landscape, how and where to find inspiration, and what form your writing might take. The workshop will include short guided writing exercises that could be developed into longer pieces afterwards. All you need is pen and paper (or a computer). One or two photos of animals, plants or landscapes that have meaning for you and a natural object (feather, flower, piece of bark, etc.) would be helpful, but these are not necessary to complete the writing tasks.
No experience necessary. Everyone welcome.
This is a free event but you will need to register to attend. Upon registration you will be sent a link to join the event on 10 May 2022. This link will also be in reminder emails you'll receive one day and one hour before the event.
About the Tutors
Nic Wilson is a writer and Guardian Country Diarist. Her work features in anthologies, journals and national magazines including the John Clare Society Journal, The English Garden, Gardeners’ World Magazine, The Clearing and Women in Nature, edited by Katharine Norbury. She has an MA in English Literature and worked as a teacher for 12 years. Nic left teaching over a decade ago to raise her family and concentrate on her writing.
Louise Kenward is the writer in residence at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, read more here
This is the first in a series of workshops for the project Moving Mountains. Led by Louise Kenward (writer in residence at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve), Moving Mountains is a new project focussing on nature writing for and by people living with chronic illness and/or physical disability. You can find out more about the project and further workshops at www.movingmountainsanthology.wordpress.com - this project is supporting by funding from Arts Council England.
This workshop is also supported by #MEAction UK. Denise Spreag will present a short introduction to ME and the work of #MEAction UK at the start of the session. The 12th May is ME Awareness Day so we are pleased to be able to host this session during ME Awareness Week. You can find out more about their work here.
