Category: Opportunities
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Trafficked – creative writing workshops
A free workshop exploring issues around human trafficking in the UK. The session will be led by Sam Fentiman-Hall (Wordsmithery and ME4Writers)
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Artist call out for Watts the Story?
The Rochester Literature Festival is delighted to have been awarded Small Experiment Funding by Ideas Test, to run a project entitled Watts The Story? with the residents of the Richard Watts Almshouses in Rochester. We’re looking to engage a craft artist/maker for the duration of Watts the Story? which will take place…
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Introducing: My Mind is Free – a new play by Sam Hall
We are excited to announce that festival creative partner Sam Hall’s new full-length play, MY MIND IS FREE, comes to the Rochester Literature Festival on Sunday 11 October as part of a 20-venue tour of London and the Southeast, supported by Arts Council England.
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Open Mic slots available at Fort Amherst Summer Fair
Our ‘Garden Party’ this year is taking place as part of the Fort Amherst Summer Fair on Saturday, August 29th.
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Akala and the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company at Fuse Festival
Join Akala and THSC (The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company) for the dynamic and interactive Hip-Hop Shakespeare Lyric Writing and Performance Workshops that inspire you to approach literature, music and theatre in a whole new way. Work with the founder of THSC to build self-confidence, take creative risks, analyze rhythm and rhyme…
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What’s Your Dickens Name?
What began as a bit of fun to celebrate the opening of the 2015 Dickens Festival, turned out to be an inspired crowd puller! Even cuddly toys and paper animals adopted new names, courtesy of their humans, so I thought I’d add the Name Game here for you to play…
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Developing your voice: Next steps in Creative Writing
A new creative writing course is beginning at Rochester Library in June. Developing your voice: Next steps in Creative Writing is organised by University of Kent and will be led by Dorothy Lehane, author of Ephemeris (Nine Arches Press, 2014) and Places of Articulation (dancing girl press, 2014).
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RLF Brainstorming session
As you may have seen, the festival this year will take place over the weekend 10/11 October. We will be based at the Guildhall Museum and in various cafes on the Saturday, while the Sunday will all take place at Sun Pier House.
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The Third Mind: Creative writing from visual art
Philip Kane is joining Unravel & Unwind at INTRA for a 5 week creative writing course.
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Six Ways to Wellbeing Swale
An innovative new collaboration between Ideas Test, Swale CVS and ourselves is set to help teenagers in Swale boost their wellbeing.
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Bookmark’d – buy, swap, listen
Our Bookmark’d event on Sunday, September 28th is a book fair opportunity for authors and publishers to present, share and sell their work, and for everyone else to enjoy live readings and swap old books for new. It will be open from 12noon – 4pm.
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