Adventures in Creative Writing (August)

This event forms part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund project Flat Holm – A Walk Through Time

Date and Time
Date(s) - August 23, 2024-August 25, 2024
8:00 am-11:00 am

With its rich natural beauty and a fascinating history, Flat Holm is the ideal place to find inspiration for your creative writing. This course is suitable for complete beginners and those with some writing experience.

It is an opportunity to explore Flat Holm’s rich history and landscape while developing your own writing practice.

Throughout your stay, you will be encouraged to keep a journal to document in poetry and prose your own unique experience of staying on Flat Holm.

The course is structured to allow time for quiet contemplation, open, supportive facilitation and coming together to share stories and the writing journey. You will be encouraged to bring a mindful approach to your writing, using all your senses as you explore the island.

Using free-writing to encourage creative flow, there will also be the opportunity to practice writing in more structured forms such as Haiku – a perfect way to capture snapshots and key moments of your island experience.

 

 

Our prices include:

  • Boat transport, provided by Bay Island Voyages: Homepage – Bay Island Voyages.
  • Accommodation
  • Tuition/activities run by experienced tutors or our island staff.

Any surplus income goes back into the upkeep of the island’s natural and built heritage.


Leader details
Sarah Featherstone

Sarah Featherstone is an artist and writer based in Cardiff. She has an MA in Creative Writing, and has been a community tutor for six years, working with diverse groups of adults and children in many settings. She runs classes for Cardiff council’s adult learning programme and works with the Arts for Wellbeing organization Breathe Creative. Sarah writes poetry, short stories, and is a long-term journal keeper, writing for self-exploration and as a form of reflective practice. She is passionate about how creativity can support wellbeing, and is a member of Lapidus International, the Writing for Wellbeing community.

Kitlist
ESSENTIAL Pens, pencils and notebooks suitable for working outdoors DESIRABLE You may wish to bring a laptop or tablet, however make sure it is well protected from the elements for the boat journey and note that space on the boat is limited

Price : £260




August 23, 2024 8:00 am.

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