About this Event
In this workshop, we will explore meanings of space and place with reference to both our personal lives and our place in, and concern with, wider public experiences and concerns. This might include reflections on home and on community, and/or on urban, rural, seaside environments; on the worldly and the fantastic.
In addition to writing some short pieces of prose/poetry/song lyrics, we will also engage in some creative editing. The workshop will include lots of prompts, but if you already have an idea you’d like to develop there will be time for you to work on this. On the day, all you’ll need is something to write on and with (pen and paper / tablet / computer) and a willingness to play with some words and ideas....
Tea and coffee will be available at a small cost at the beginning of the workshop and during the midpoint break. Complimentary snacks will be provided.
A bit about Gayle
www.gayle-letherby.co.uk
I am Visiting Professor at a number of UK universities. I am a sociologist, alongside substantive interests in reproductive and non/parental identities; meanings and experiences of love; loneliness and solitude; gender, health and wellbeing; loss and the aftermath of death; travel and transport mobility, gender and identity within institutions, food poverty, and sports development. I have always been fascinated by research methodology, including auto/biographical, feminist and creative practices.
For nearly 15 years I have been experimenting, both within my academic work and outside of it, with different ways of working - including collage and zine making and fiction and memoir writing. Although, my fiction and memoir work began as part of the griefwork I undertook following the death of my husband, John (1948-2010) and my mum, Dorothy (1931-2012) and were at first separate from my academic work, these writings are now additionally also often embedded in my scholarly pieces.
Basically, I just love writing and experimenting with different ways to share stories, and for a few years now I’ve been running workshops with people who would like to try similar. For some examples of my creative writing, see https://www.abctales.com/user/gletherby and Stories of and from solitude and companionship - The Sociological Review. For more information about me, or to sign up to my newsletter, please visit my website!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Fish Factory Art Space, Commercial Road, Penryn, United Kingdom
GBP 11.55 to GBP 27.80