What better way to spend a half-term?!
Hello friends,
After having shared about our poetry retreats at lots of conferences, offline and online, I always have people coming up asking when we plan on doing one for adults. It seems like now is the right time to get into this groove!
It is with great pleasure that I can share a link to our first Virtual Poetry Retreat – click here.
From Monday 26th to Friday 30th October, the retreat will run as a partnership between OtherWise and the Writing for Pleasure Centre. On each of the five days, I will be running a creative writing poetry session, and Ross and Felicity will be sharing a masterclass in being a writing teacher.
We know this is a holiday for us all, and our sessions are designed to give you space to think, reflect and write – a bit of headspace that we have all earned, and that we all deserve.
Adisa the Verbaliser will be joining as a Guest Poet and we are simply very excited to write with you in the holidays.
If you cannot make the time to attend all of the sessions live, don’t worry – all of them will be recorded and a private link will be shared for you.
Check out the link to our event page here for more detailed info about the kinds of writing exercises and approaches we will take.
Treat yourself to the gift of time! This could be something you do for yourself, or it could be something that you and some friends sign up to as a shared project.
We have had our first few sign-ups already, and the first ten will be receiving a free LUXURIOUS OtherWise Education notepad in the post to get them started.
For more info on what we do, why not watch this video in which Adisa and I explain our approach.
You can learn more here about our brilliant friends Ross and Phil, from the Writing for Pleasure Centre.
Be well, everyone. These times are hard for all of us – let’s stay connected.
– Jonny Walker