Calling all poets, memoirists, fiction writers – the South Coast Writers Centre has upcoming workshops for everyone!
‘Performing Your Poetry’ with Adara Enthaler has been rescheduled to Sunday, 15 September, with new times and prices. With the host of Enough Said Poetry Slam, learn everything you need to know about taking your poems from page to performance, from stage presence, the use of a microphone, and controlling your breath and nerves while performing. Participants will have the chance to record their poems for the SCWC poetry blog after the session at Coledale Community Hall, from 11am-1:30pm.
Join women’s fiction author Pamela Cook in ‘Page Turning Fiction’, a half-day workshop on 5 October that will explore how to create hooks in your story opening, structuring your plot for maximum impact, creating tension through conflict, and establishing character secrets, backstory and psychology. Learn what it is that keeps readers turning pages all the way to the end, and how to implement it in your own writing. At Coledale Community Hall, 10:30am-3pm.
‘How to Edit, Publish and Promote Your Memoir’ with Mike Cavanagh and Anne Howell will start on 10 October. This seven-week, online intensive will take you through the three stages of editing from structural to proofreading; examine publishing options, and explore practical, cost-free ways to promote your book and attract more readers. Suitable for those with a draft memoir completed or one underway. Weekly Zoom meetings on Thursdays with coursework delivered via the WetInk platform.
And True Story Festival is back for 2024. This non-fiction festival, now in its third year, will be held from November 15-17 at Coledale Hall with workshops, in-conversations, and a keynote address. Super early bird tickets go on sale 3 September, when first guests will be announced.
