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Have you always been a reader? Have you ever fancied having a go at writing creatively but haven’t yet devoted time to it? Perhaps you are an experienced writer looking for a new form to explore or need some good old-fashioned inspiration.

Becky Cherriman curates a series of creative writing workshops, which will run on the third Saturday of every month at The Leeds Library. Beginning with January’s fresh page, each workshop will deal with a particular aspect or genre of writing. Guided by established writers, you will draw inspiration from the library’s collections to write and then receive feedback on your work in this stimulating environment. Workshops will draw on Dewey Decimal themes such as Contemporary Fiction, Home and Family Management, Biography, Sociology and Anthropology, Philosophy and the Theory of Religion.

16th February: Antony Dunn – autobiographical poetry

The workshop is from 10am-12pm with the option to stay from 12-1pm for feedback.

Antony Dunn has published four collections of poetry, most recently Take This One to Bed (Valley Press), and edited David Hughes’ posthumous collection Ex Libris, also for Valley Press. He is a regular tutor for The Poetry School and the Arvon Foundation. 

The rest of the workshop programme is as follows:

16th March: Clare Fisher – flash fiction

27th April: Emma Adams– script-writing for the stage

18th May: Sai Murray – writing the political (any form or genre)

15th June: Ali Harper – crime fiction

Becky Cherriman is a Yorkshire writer, workshop leader and performer. She works part-time as Creative Writing Development Officer for The University of Leeds.

Published by Seren, Mslexia, New Walk, Envoi, Mother’s Milk, Bloodaxe, Well Versed, Moving Worlds and The North she was resident poet for Morley Literature Festival in 2013 and lead artist for Altofts Festival In A Day 2016. Echolocation, her first poetry pamphlet, and first collection Empires of Clay were published in 2016 by Mother’s Milk and Cinnamon Press respectively. Her agnostic poem Jesus Lives was highly commended in the Forward Prizes 2017.