BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//The Writing Squad - ECPv6.9.0//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:The Writing Squad
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.writingsquad.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The Writing Squad
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20200101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210202T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210202T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20210125T160513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T160513Z
UID:8667-1612287000-1612292400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE MINI GOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-mini-goals/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210201T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210201T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20210125T155649Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T155727Z
UID:8663-1612200600-1612206000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on scriptwriters\, there are other groups for poets and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/scriptwriters-minigoals-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210127T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210127T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105414Z
UID:8564-1611768600-1611774000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets\, there are other groups for script and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-7/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210126T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210126T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105141Z
UID:8558-1611682200-1611687600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals-6/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210125T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210125T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20210125T161144Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210125T161144Z
UID:8681-1611597600-1611603000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCI FI AND FANTASY MINI GOALS
DESCRIPTION:Setting goals is a really useful way of prioritising our writing\, and being accountable (principally to ourselves). Since the first Covid lockdown\, the Squad has run a number of Mini-Goals groups\, which have been a fantastic resource\, and a source of support\, motivation\, and encouragement (as well as a lot of fun). \nWe know that many Squad writers have an interest in SFF\, and as Francesca is a specialist in this field\, we thought a dedicated group would be a great way to support one another with our SFF writing.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/sci-fi-and-fantasy-mini-goals/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210123T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210123T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20200530T203705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200530T203705Z
UID:7857-1611399600-1611421200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SQUAD 10: WORKSHOP WITH EMMA (MANCHESTER)
DESCRIPTION:INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS – SQUAD DAYS \n  \nWe will slide from Zoom into this programme when it is possible.  \nIf on Zoom they will stay at two hours starting at 14.00\, if we are able to meet up face to face they will take place in the cities mentioned from 11.00-17.00.  All Saturdays. \nPut the dates on the next page in your diary. We will email you about these workshops nearer the time with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-workshop-with-emma-manchester/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210121T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210121T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201228T163906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201228T163906Z
UID:8593-1611257400-1611262800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:STEP CHANGE  Applying to the Arts Council’s DYCP Funding Programme
DESCRIPTION:Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP) is Arts Council England’s funding scheme that aims to provide financial support to individual artists in order to facilitate a step change in their career. In this workshop successful DYCP applicant\, Stevie will help you to think strategically about your career as an artist and help you to consider how DYCP funding could best support you in achieving your aims. DYCP is a very competitive funding programme and while it is important to note that attending this workshop will not necessarily guarantee you success in the application process\, the aim will be to increase your chances of writing a strong application with support from Stevie and the other workshop participants. \nThis workshop will take place over two sessions. To maximise the benefits of the support on offer you will need to spend time thinking about and working on your application in-between the two sessions. More details on the eventbrite link. \n*if you are in Squad 10 and would like a place if there are any\, please email billie@writingsquad.com
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/step-change-applying-to-the-arts-councils-dycp-funding-programme/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210120T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210120T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20210104T145441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210104T145536Z
UID:8607-1611171000-1611176400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:THE SPACE
DESCRIPTION:The Space\, a dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence (don’t forget to mute yourself!)\, but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes\, for a quick chat (but if you’re on a roll and don’t want to stop working\, just drop Francesca a line in the ‘chat’ box and you can remain in the main room.) \nWe will send you a Zoom link before the day.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-space-17/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210120T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210120T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105346Z
UID:8562-1611163800-1611169200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets\, there are other groups for script and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-6/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210119T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210119T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105108Z
UID:8556-1611077400-1611082800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210118T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210118T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105506Z
UID:8566-1610991000-1610996400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on scriptwriters\, there are other groups for poets and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/scriptwriters-minigoals-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210116T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210116T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20200530T203604Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200530T203604Z
UID:7855-1610794800-1610816400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SQUAD 10: WORKSHOP WITH FRANCESCA (MANCHESTER)
DESCRIPTION:INDIVIDUAL WORKSHOPS – SQUAD DAYS \n  \nWe will slide from Zoom into this programme when it is possible.  \nIf on Zoom they will stay at two hours starting at 14.00\, if we are able to meet up face to face they will take place in the cities mentioned from 11.00-17.00.  All Saturdays. \nPut the dates on the next page in your diary. We will email you about these workshops nearer the time with a link to sign up for them on Eventbrite.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-workshop-with-francesca-manchester/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210113T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210113T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105223Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105223Z
UID:8560-1610559000-1610564400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets\, there are other groups for script and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-5/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210112T191500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210112T204500
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T142351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T142351Z
UID:8568-1610478900-1610484300@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:THE AWESOME PLAY TEXT / SCREENPLAY READING CLUB
DESCRIPTION:During this meet up we will be discussing The Funeral Director by Iman Qureshi. We will send you a script or you can buy it from Nick Hern Books.  \nLife as the director of a Muslim funeral parlour isn’t always easy\, but Ayesha has things pretty sorted. She and Zeyd share everything: a marriage\, a business\, a future. \nUntil Tom walks in to organise his boyfriend’s funeral. A snap moral decision\, informed by the values of Ayesha’s community and faith\, has profound consequences. \nForced to confront a secret she has hidden even from herself\, Ayesha must decide who she is – no matter the cost. \nAn incisive and heartfelt story of sexuality\, gender and religion in twenty-first-century Britain. It won the 2018 Papatango New Writing Prize and premiered at Southwark Playhouse\, London\, in October 2018. \nWhat to expect at Awesome P&SPR Club? \nThe zoom is informal and relaxed. No one is put on the spot. We tend to look at the text from 3 positions:  \nHow did it make you feel / think as a reader? \nWhat kind of themes/ideas is it exploring (so a kind of Eng Lit pov)? \nWhat kind of ideas/tools does it give to you as a writer? \nThat’s it. If that sounds like your kind of thing\, then Matt and Emma will be delighted to see you on the night.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-awesome-play-text-screenplay-reading-club-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210112T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210112T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T105026Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T105026Z
UID:8554-1610472600-1610478000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210106T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210106T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20210104T145205Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210104T145205Z
UID:8605-1609961400-1609966800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:THE SPACE
DESCRIPTION:The Space\, a dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence (don’t forget to mute yourself!)\, but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes\, for a quick chat (but if you’re on a roll and don’t want to stop working\, just drop Francesca a line in the ‘chat’ box and you can remain in the main room.) \nWe will send you a Zoom link before the day.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-space-14/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210106T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210106T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T104921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T104921Z
UID:8552-1609954200-1609959600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets\, there are other groups for script and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals-4/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210105T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210105T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T104839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T104839Z
UID:8550-1609867800-1609873200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210104T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210104T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T104617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T104617Z
UID:8548-1609781400-1609786800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on scriptwriters\, there are other groups for poets and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone. \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/scriptwriters-minigoals-3/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201222T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201222T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201215T100518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201215T100725Z
UID:8538-1608658200-1608663600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201221T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201221T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20200525T072812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T081144Z
UID:7812-1608571800-1608577200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:SCRIPTWRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on scriptwriters\, there are other groups for poets and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/scriptwriters-minigoals-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201221T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201221T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T154434Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154434Z
UID:8445-1608552900-1608559200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Our Space
DESCRIPTION:HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE \nA dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa.  \nThe Zoom link will be posted to the Squad Facebook group just before kickoff.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/our-space-11/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201217T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201217T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201214T084044Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T084104Z
UID:8533-1608233400-1608238800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETRY AND EVERYDAY SEXISM  with Kim Moore
DESCRIPTION:Kim recently completed her doctorate at Manchester Metropolitan University\, exploring how to use lyric poetry to write about everyday sexism and female desire.  \nThis event is a chance to hear her thesis as a reader-directed text\, inspired by the ‘choose your own adventure books’ by Ian Livingstone that she read throughout her childhood. It contains sections of prose and small groups of poems. At the end of each of these\, the reader is presented with a choices of what they would like to read next. \nZoom is the ideal setting for this experimental reading\, where you\, the audience\, will decide what you would like to hear next using polls. \nThe choices you will be presented with will sometimes ask you to pick the phrase you’re most attracted to. Sometimes they will ask you to reflect on your reaction to what you’ve just heard and then make your choice. \nTW: Some of the material in this event will discuss sexual violence and trauma. \nKim’s first collection The Art of Falling (Seren\, 2015) won the 2016 Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. She won a Northern Writers Award in 2014\, an Eric Gregory Award in 2011 and the Geoffrey Dearmer Prize in 2010.  Her pamphlet If We Could Speak Like Wolves was a winner in the 2012 Poetry Business Pamphlet Competition\, and went on to be shortlisted for a Michael Marks Award.  She recently completed a doctorate in poetry at Manchester Metropolitan University \, just won the Ledbury Poetry Competition and her second full-length collection All the Men I Never Married will be published in 2021. \nSign up here
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poetry-and-everyday-sexism-with-kim-moore/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201216T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201216T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T154410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154410Z
UID:8443-1608147000-1608152400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Our Space
DESCRIPTION:HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE \nA dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa.  \nThe Zoom link will be posted to the Squad Facebook group just before kickoff.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/our-space-10/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201216T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201216T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20200525T074240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T081203Z
UID:7817-1608139800-1608145200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:POETS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on poets\, there are other groups for script and prose writers. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/poets-minigoals/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201215T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20200525T073411Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201214T081218Z
UID:7814-1608053400-1608058800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:PROSE WRITERS MINIGOALS
DESCRIPTION:This Zoom meeting will last maybe about an hour and not longer than an hour and half. \nWe are seeing how we have done with the mini-goals we set ourselves last week\, and maybe renewing them or setting new ones. \nThis is open to Squad 1-9 with a focus on prose writers\, there are other groups for poets and scriptwriters. If you haven’t been to a previous meeting\, you are welcome to join\, just let steve@writingsquad.com know you want to come. \nYou will be sent a link before the meeting and you can go on Zoom from your computer or phone.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/prose-writers-minigoals-session/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201214T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201214T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T154347Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154347Z
UID:8441-1607948100-1607954400@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:Our Space
DESCRIPTION:HOSTED BY SQUAD GRAD HANNAH HODGSON – OUR SPACE \nA dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa.  \nThe Zoom link will be posted to the Squad Facebook group just before kickoff.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/our-space-9/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201212T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T151323Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151323Z
UID:8413-1607781600-1607788800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:ALEX PRAGER STORIES led by Steve Dearden
DESCRIPTION:FOR SQUAD 10 \nWe will each write our own stories gently guided by a mixture of Alex Prager’s wonderful photographs and other prompts\, some for everyone\, some just for you. \nAn hour plus to write alone together\, with new prompts dropped in regularly throughout and some time for sharing at the end\, but only if you want to. \nWhen not running the Squad Steve write’s short stories\, has been Writer In Residence at Bluewater Shopping Centre and the Wakefield Literature Festival. www.stevedearden.com
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/alex-prager-stories-led-by-steve-dearden/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201210T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T151112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151112Z
UID:8409-1607628600-1607634000@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:AN INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL REWILDING with Katie Byford
DESCRIPTION:Open to grads of Squads 1-9\, if you are Squad 10 and want a place should one become available then email steve@writingsquad.com \nThere are two workshops\, one on 26th November the second at the same time\, 19.30 on the 10th December\, please don’t sign up unless you can make both. \nThis is an experimental workshop delivered as part of the development of a larger funding bid to carry on this work.  \nYou will create works of text\, image and/or audio to explore ways in which they can transform places important to you\, with the aim to reclaim them through imagination.  \nThere are two sessions.  \nIn the first Katie will introduce the project and we will explore how creating a piece of text\, audio or image can ‘rewild’ a place. We will talk about notions of nature\, wilderness/wildness & ‘rewilding’; ecology; and creativity as a tool of empowerment at a granular local level \nThen you will have two weeks to go away\, think about the brief and make some work. \nThe second session will be a discussion and a sharing of both the process of making and the work made. \nWe hope that if the funding bid is successful\, work produced in this workshop will inform and maybe feature on what will become the Digital Rewilding Project’s website\, with work throughout the UK accessible through an interactive map. \nKatie is a poet\, filmmaker and arts facilitator\, and a former Writing Squad member. She has performed poetry across the UK\, including at the Houses of Parliament and in tandem with a live orchestra at Durham Castle. Her poetry has been published in Magma\, Popshot and anthologies by Bloodaxe (Hallelujah for 50ft Women) and Macmillan (She is Fierce: Brave\, Bold & Beautiful Poems by Women). Katie is a Barbican Young Poet alum\, and her work with the Barbican has included workshops and commissions\, most recently for major exhibitions AI: More than Human and Lee Krasner: Living Colour. In 2015 Katie founded Thorn\, a grassroots arts collective based in Durham which continues to provide space for young people across all art forms.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/an-introduction-to-digital-rewilding-with-katie-byford-2/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201209T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203745
CREATED:20201103T151415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151415Z
UID:8415-1607542200-1607547600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:THE SPACE
DESCRIPTION:OPEN TO ALL SQUADS \nThe Space\, a dedicated (virtual) space for us to write alone\, together.  \nThink of it as your favourite library\, a coffee shop\, or a co-working space. It’s a room full of writers at work\, and it’s a way of making a commitment to yourself to show up and write. Pop in to The Space to work on any writing project that you like – and in case you need inspiration\, an optional writing prompt will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore.  \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence (don’t forget to mute yourself!)\, but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes\, for a quick chat (but if you’re on a roll and don’t want to stop working\, just drop Francesca a line in the ‘chat’ box and you can remain in the main room.) \nWe will send you a Zoom link before the day.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-space-15/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR