Category: Writing
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Introducing: The Safe and Sound Project
The background to our playwriting workshop is all too relevant to what’s happening all over the world, with the suffering of refugees bringing it home to us every day.
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Get Creative – Get Writing!
We’re hosting 4 themed writing workshops during our 2015 festival, Live’n’Local, as part of the BBC’s Get Creative campaign – a year-long celebration of British arts, culture and creativity.
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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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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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Live’n’Local: Introducing Carol Donaldson
The lovely ‘Nature Girl’ Carol Donaldson will be joining us at Sun Pier House on Sunday, October 11, for a workshop with a difference.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Maggie Harris
The lovely Maggie will be joining us on Sunday afternoon (11/10) to share some of her evocative and fascinating stories and poems.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Bill Lewis
Of course, Bill needs no introduction to Medway, not really! One of the near legendary Medway Poets Group alongside Billy Childish, Bill has performed his poems in Europe and the Americas and been published in magazines, journals and anthologies all over the world.
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Live’n’Local: Introducing Rachael Hale
The first day of our 2015 festival, Live’n’Local, will start by going back in time!
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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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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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Turning your Memories into Memoir
Next month sees the first meet up for a new life writing group – where the focus will be on your own lives for inspiration.
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