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Download Festival Programme (PDF) >> Friday 27 April Poetry Workshop - Tobias Hill Tobias Hill is one of the leading British writers of his generation. His award-winning collections of poetry are Year of the Dog, Midnight in the City of Clocks, Zoo, and his latest Nocturne in Chrome & Sunset Yellow . Tobias Hill leads a workshop for those wanting to develop their poetic voice by looking at perception and structure. Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building Fiction Workshop - Jill Dawson Jill Dawson whose novels include Fred & Edie, Wild Boy, and Watch me Disappear leads today workshop for fiction writers who want to deepen character and setting and find ways to make their writing come alive. Suitable for those with some writing experience, this will be a day of discussion, fun, and writing, with this highly experienced tutor and novelist. Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building Saturday 28 April Writing for Women's Magazines - Geraldine Ryan A taster session for anyone keen to crack this lucrative market. The workshop will address such issues as becoming familiar with your market, what makes a saleable story and what doesn't; targeting the right magazines, how to generate plots and the do's and don'ts of presenting your work. University Centre Seminar Room Dramatic Writing - Fraser Grace Playwriting workshop with the theme Crime of the Day. Inspired by crimes large and small, participants will write in groups and solo. Some of the results will be shown in the Criminal Acts production at 9 pm. Aided and abetted by Fraser Grace, whose plays include Perpetua - about the bombing of a U.S. abortion clinic, Gifts of War - a play for one (Trojan) woman - and Breakfast with Mugabe, 2006 John Whiting Award winner for best new play. Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building Writing Book Reviews - Julia Eccleshare Julia Eccleshare looks at the some of the most important features in writing a good review with particular reference to children's books. These include: What it's about or how it is told, how do you capture the essential essence of the book? Reader or author, who is the review for? An original creation or just one of a genre, how much do you need to know before you begin? Julia Eccleshare is Children's Book Reviewer for The Guardian. Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building Teachers' Workshop - Helen Bromley The picture books of Mini Grey provide a stimulating and thought provoking read for book lovers of all ages. This practical workshop for teachers of primary age children will offer participants an opportunity to explore the potential of these texts for inspiring a range of activities, including philosophical discussion and dramatic play. Helen Bromley is a freelance trainer, writer and researcher. University Centre Seminar Room Putting Together a First Poetry Collection - Helen Farish If you are thinking of assembling your first collection, then this workshop is for you. How do you make a group of poems into a speaking whole? What concerns should guide you as you order poems? Bring two poems, the first and the last of your manuscript. Helen Farish's book Intimates won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection and was short-listed for the T S Eliot prize. She runs the MA Writing at Sheffield Hallam University . Anglia Ruskin University, Helmore Building Getting Your Poetry Published - Chris Hamilton-Emery Chris Hamilton-Emery offers an insider's guide to the poetry business, focusing on the issues that matter: building profile, finding a publisher, finding readers and selling books. This workshop will offer budding poets advice about the ins and outs of marketing poetry and driving sales. Whether you are a novice or an established poet, the session will provide you with some unique and honest advice on the contemporary poetry scene. Introduced by Jo Browning Wroe, Writer. University Centre Seminar Room Sunday 29 April Writing Fiction - AL Kennedy Prose workshop with AL Kennedy looking at some fundamental principles useful to all writers of prose, along with some remedies for commonly-encountered problems. Bring a notebook and an open mind . University Centre Seminar Room Reading Poetry - Ruth Padel " Reading is complicity in the creative process" said the Russian poet Marina Tsvetaeva. You can't be a good writer of poems if you are not a passionate reader of them, too. Ruth Padel will share ways of listening, and opening yourself, to the way a poem rustles and moves; how syllables make links with each other and help to make the meaning. University Centre Seminar Room Writing Romantic Fiction - Sharon Kendrick Romantic Fiction flies off the shelves, but how do you write it? By creating an unstoppable read with characters who really matter, and by analysing: the irresistible hook; character-led, or plot-driven? the alpha male; a sympathetic heroine; emotion and character development; sex, and selling. Sharon Kendrick has written over 60 books for Mills & Boon, her first manuscript was accepted without a single change. University Centre Seminar Room
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The workshops are supported by The Open University. 
