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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201215T173000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201215T190000
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201214T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201214T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201212T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201212T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201210T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201210T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151112Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201209T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201209T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151415Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151415Z
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201207T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201207T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T153646Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154151Z
UID:8424-1607343300-1607349600@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/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201205T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201205T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151507Z
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SUMMARY:MAPPING MEMORIES with Malika
DESCRIPTION:This is a Squad 10 workshop \nWe will draw on our lives and excavate the memories dormant in our bodies\, mine several ideas then sketch them out and explore how to craft these ideas into poems.  \nYou’ll leave with several ideas and sketches to work on further\, as well as the recipe for crafting these\, and any mining you may do in future\, into poems. \nA practical workshop with lots of writing and writing tools for life.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/mapping-memories-with-malika/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201203T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201203T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151559Z
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SUMMARY:ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE + Jenny Danes
DESCRIPTION:Open to grads of Squads 1-9\, if you are Squad 10 and want a place should one become available the mail steve@writingsquad.com \nAn exploration of the gap between what we think we sound like when speaking to ourselves and how we sound to other people\, between being introvert and extrovert\, between a whisper and a scream. \nWe will discuss how the way we have been brought up to speak\, the self-imposed conventions\, how we think we sound\, how being conscious of our own voice\, affects the way we write. \nWe will read poems by Warsan Shire\, Helen Mort and Vievee Francis and use them to write our own. We will share work too\, though only if you want to. \nJenny was highly commended in the Bridport Prize in 2013 and again in 2016. In 2016 she won the inaugural New Poets Prize\, and went on to publish her debut pamphlet Gaps with smith|doorstop in July 2017. Jenny’s poems have appeared in a range of magazines including The Rialto\, Magma\, The North\, Brittle Star and The Kindling. She’s read at Ledbury Poetry Festival\, Bridlington Poetry Festival\, Waterstones Sheffield\, The Poetry Library and The Poetry Café. She has recently completed her MA at UEA where her dissertation collection Guarded By Teeth explored concepts of voice\, sonic shame\, introversion and the mechanics of speech.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/on-the-tip-of-my-tongue-jenny-danes/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201202T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201202T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T154108Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154108Z
UID:8436-1606937400-1606942800@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-7/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201130T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201130T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T154038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154038Z
UID:8434-1606738500-1606744800@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-6/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201128T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201128T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20200530T203414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T150830Z
UID:7849-1606572000-1606579200@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:A SMORGASBORD OF WRITING PROMPTS with Emma
DESCRIPTION:This is a Squad 10 workshop \n It’s for the writers who don’t know quite how to start\, for those who want to grab a page and scribble out unformed thoughts and possibilities. It’s for the writers who want to start finding out what their next idea might be\, even though they haven’t met it yet. \nDearhearts\, do you know what I think? I think it’s time to have some fun. You will not learn to edit\, polish or refine your words during this particular workshop. \nYou will be invited to let go and spill out whatever crappy-awesome-imperfect-amazing-shit-and-pearls vomit that decides it’s time to arrive. \nWho knows what will emerge? And who knows what you might do with what comes? \nIf that sounds like the kind of thing you need right now\, then might I interest you in the \nThe Menu \nWe’ll have 2 hours together.  \nI’ll present you with a menu of prompts.  \nYou’ll work like dogs. \nYou’ll try things out. \nGet cramp in your hand from scribbling. \nPlay\, float ideas\, make a stink\, find some treasure. \nAt the end\, you’ll have a chance to reflect and share if you want.  \nBut there will be zero pressure to do so. \nAnd then you’ll float off\, into the winter evening\, tired\, but with new ideas or possibilities. \nWhat to bring \nYou. \nPens and paper. \nA computer if you must. \nPaint and glitter &/or other awesome shit\, if you want to. \nA decision to be brave and playful. \nA decision to inhabit that wonderful\, liberating creative headspace\, where you dare to care deeply but still hold it all lightly.  \nA vow to try everything\, even if you think it’s a terrible\, terrible\, terrible idea. \nAn interesting object. \nSome words or an image or both from a book/film/tv/videogame/play/poem/documentary/radio-play/from real-life that you overheard /from an imaginary conversation/from something you stole and will pretend you thought of yourself/from something you think might have happened but you can’t remember/from something your mum/dad/brother/sister/twin/cousin/gran/friend/nemesis/neighbour/boss/imaginary friend once said / a stupid thing / a clever thing /about whatever from wherever/ as long as you think these words &/or image are cool/interesting/noteworthy/or in some way\, not boring/ at least to you. AND you’d like to gift them to the group. \nOh and you should bring a bucketful of love for yourself and your creativity and a fuck ton of determination to support everyone else you might find yourself zooming with. \nThose things are the knowables. \nThe rest is to be discovered.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-workshop-with-emma-york/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201126T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201126T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151021Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151021Z
UID:8407-1606419000-1606424400@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/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201125T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201125T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T151811Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T151811Z
UID:8421-1606332600-1606338000@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-16/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201123T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201123T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T154007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T154007Z
UID:8432-1606133700-1606140000@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-5/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201118T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201118T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T153938Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T153938Z
UID:8430-1605727800-1605733200@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-4/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201116T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201116T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T153851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T153851Z
UID:8428-1605528900-1605535200@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-3/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201114T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201114T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20200914T082626Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200914T083028Z
UID:8283-1605362400-1605369600@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:DRAMATURGY AND SCRIPT EDITING SKILLS 2/2
DESCRIPTION:A limited pilot of for Squad grad playwrights and scriptwriters. \nIf you are interested in taking part if we develop this further\, please let Steve or Emma know.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/dramaturgy-and-script-editing-skills-2-2/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201112T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201112T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201026T114837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T114837Z
UID:8339-1605209400-1605214800@www.writingsquad.com
SUMMARY:NATURE WRITING WITHOUT THE GANNETS with Helen Bowell
DESCRIPTION:Helen thinks of two things: the apocalyptic poems that get shouted at climate protests and odes to birds she’s never heard of. \nIf you are interested in opening up a new world of eco-/nature poetry\, that brings in voices other than the white dudes who seem to keep winning nature writing prizes\, then this is the workshop for you. We will deconstruct these genres\, write poems that bring in your family and friends\, your identity and lived experience. We will not be writing lists of funky flower names\, and you will not be allowed to write ‘Act Now!’\, but we will be thinking about how we can write while the world is on fire. \nWriters who have never written a poem about ‘nature’ are particularly welcome\, and especially those of you who feel excluded from the climate movement\, for whatever reason. Helen would like to have your voices in this conversation. \nHelen is a poet and a co-founder of Dead [Women] Poets Society. She is a graduate of the London Library Emerging Writers scheme\, London Writers Awards and The Writing Squad\, and is a member of the Roundhouse Poetry Collective. In 2020\, she was a Bronze winner of the Creative Future Writers’ Award. She works at The Poetry Society.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/nature-writing-without-the-gannets-with-helen-bowell/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201111T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201111T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201026T114706Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201026T114706Z
UID:8337-1605123000-1605128400@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-13/
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201109T121500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201109T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T153813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201103T153813Z
UID:8426-1604924100-1604930400@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-2/
END:VEVENT
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201109T103000
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SUMMARY:WRITING STOCKPORT
DESCRIPTION:If you are 50+\, live in Stockport and enjoy writing\, then join our fortnightly online workshop led by Lydia Allison of the Writing Squad.  \nWe meet on a Monday morning 10.30-12.00 and play with different forms and techniques to make new work and refresh our writing.  \nYou will also get the opportunity for an in depth one to one session on whatever you are writing\, with Steve Dearden the Director of the Writing Squad. \nSuitable for beginners and experienced writers the workshops take place on Zoom (all you need is a computer and a link which we will send you.) \nWe won’t ask you write about Stockport\, but you will meet other writers who live here. \nThe first in our new series of workshops will be on Monday 9th November. \nBook your place here or for more information email steve@writingsquad.com \nComments from previous participants: \n“As a relative newcomer to writing\, I am amazed how much I have enjoyed and benefitted from everyone’s input. To think we only met a few weeks ago\, I feel we are a really strong group.” \n“You have all inspired me and Lydia\, you have caused me to write in different ways I would never have done before.” \n“Thanks to all of you for a bit of sanity in this increasing madness. I am really enjoying listening to everyone else’s work.” \nThe workshop is being offered as part of Stockport’s Cultural Champions programme. \nLydia is a Squad grad\, a poet\, writing facilitator\, creative mentor\, and tutor. She lived in China for a year where she taught English\, before coming back to do an MA in Poetry at Manchester Writing School. She has appeared\, a number of times\, in print and online. Lydia works closely with organisations like Grimm and Co\, Virtual School Rotherham\, and The People’s History Museum. lydiaallison.uk \nSteve is Director of the Writing Squad and has been Writer in Residence at the Bluewater Shopping Centre and Wakefield Literature Festival who commissioned the online novella Wakelost/Wakefound. He short stories have been published in many magazine and journals and by Smith Doorstop. www.stevedearden.com \nComments from previous particpants: \n“As a relative newcomer to writing\, I am amazed how much I have enjoyed and benefitted from everyone’s input. To think we only met a few weeks ago\, I feel we are a really strong group.” \n“You have all inspired me and Lydia\, you have caused me to write in different ways I would never have done before.” \n“Thanks to all of you for a bit of sanity in this increasing madness. I am really enjoying listening to everyone else’s work.”
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/writing-stockport/
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201107T170000
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SUMMARY:SQUAD 10: WORKSHOP WITH STEVIE (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-stevie-manchester/
LOCATION:Manchester\, Manchester
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201106T073000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201106T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201026T114344Z
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SUMMARY:WRITE AND SHINE BREAKFAST with Gemma Seltzer
DESCRIPTION:Research shows we’re more creative in the morning. When we wake\, we’re incredibly sensitive to the sights and sounds of our environment. It’s the best time to think\, dream and imagine. Writing early captures all kinds of ideas before your inner critic rears its head. \nIntrigued? Bring your coffee\, toast and notebook and join Write & Shine for a 90-minute workshop on the theme of ‘breakfast.’ Writer Gemma Seltzer will guide the group through a range of inspiring exercises to prompt new writing and celebrate the best meal of the day! \nWhether you love breakfast or not\, if you have the same thing every day or take great pleasure in oat or quinoa porridge\, avocado toast\, omelettes and baked eggs\, cereal\, we hope you’ll join us for this fun and tasty morning of writing. In Write & Shine workshops\, you won’t be expected to share your work\, which offers great freedom and encourages all kinds of unexpected ideas to emerge.  \nGemma Seltzer\, an author & experienced workshop tutor and coach\, founded Write & Shine in 2015 and facilitates sessions. Write and Shine workshops are unique\, focusing on generating writing during the most creative time of day: the morning. We emphasise the value of tuning into the natural world and taking inspiration from our everyday lives. 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/write-and-shine-breakfast-with-gemma-seltzer/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201104T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20201103T154301Z
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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-8/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201103T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201103T200000
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CREATED:20200909T092922Z
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SUMMARY:THE AWESOME PLAY TEXT / SCREENPLAY READING CLUB
DESCRIPTION:SIGN UP HERE\, WITH MORE INFO ABOUT HOW THE BI-MONTHLY CLUB WILL OPERATE \nOPEN TO ALL SQUADS \nThe 2nd meeting will be on Tuesday 3rd of November 2020 on zoom 6.30 – 8pm. During this meet up we will be discussing Sally Wainwright’s Historical / Bio Pic TV drama ‘To Walk Invisible’. The shooting script is available free to download from the bbc writersroom site.  \nhttps://www.bbc.com/writersroom/scripts/tv-drama/to-walk-invisible \nMatthew Ingram and Emma Adams want to start thinking about how we can build our critical skills to help us develop as writers. We love watching work\, but we think we need to spend more time with the words on the page\, learning to ‘read as writers’ too. If you want to join us\, then here’s what you need to know: \nThe first play we will be reading and talking about is: The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Drama – FAIRVIEW by Jackie Sibblies Drury. \nYou can find a link for buying the text here 👉 https://www.oberonbooks.com/fairview.html \nYou need to buy the play and read it\, we won’t remind you\, the next thing you’ll hear from us is with a link shortly before the 3rd.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-awesome-play-text-screenplay-reading-club-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201028T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201028T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20200909T094742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T075342Z
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SUMMARY:THE SPACE
DESCRIPTION:There’s something supportive and encouraging about having that screen full of faces\, the tops of heads\, shoulders\, all concentrating on writing. So we have set up 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 from Francesca will be emailed in advance\, for you to use\, adapt or ignore. Or she can send you it when she welcomes you in. \nCome and go as your please\, and feel free to make yourself a cuppa. We’ll work in silence but halfway through there’ll be the option of joining small-group break-out rooms for 5 minutes\, for a quick chat. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/the-space-12/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201025T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201025T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20200909T093825Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201005T170737Z
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SUMMARY:QUEER SHARE 5
DESCRIPTION:An informal and relaxed writing and discussion group for female-identifying and non-binary writers. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIf you are interested in exploring Queer writing\, predominantly poetry\, and the issues they raise\, this is a space for you. \nWe’ll share work\, writing we admire\, ask questions\, discuss and write together. Meetings monthly\, led by Squad 8 grad\, Louise Essex. \n\nSIGN UP HERE
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/queer-share-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201024T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201024T160000
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CREATED:20200530T203018Z
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SUMMARY:SQUAD 10: THE ART OF WRITING INTO THE SUBJECT WORKSHOP WITH MALIKA
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nZOOM SESSION\, SIGN UP HERE \n\n\n\n\nDo you sit down at the desk with an idea for a poem then get stuck?\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIf we consider our subject matter as a room or space\, as writers our instinct is to capture everything with that space\, “while the poets gaze should scope the room to spot the butterfly fluttering in the corner just slightly hidden behind the couch.” But how do we work on the page so that we can approach the ordinary with fresh eyes? \nWe will use visual art\, personal objects\, music and items of clothing as stimuli for generating rich and unexpected poetic responses. This workshop will include some preparatory work. Come prepared to be challenged and have fun.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-workshop-with-malika-newcastle/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201010T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201010T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T232108
CREATED:20200530T202839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200909T094227Z
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SUMMARY:SQUAD 10: A MYSTERY AND SUSPENSE WORKSHOP WITH EMMA
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nZOOM SESSION\, SIGN UP HERE \n\n\n\n\nStop for a second before you read any further and think of a story that you love…\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nIf you were going to describe it to others\, would you start with what happens? Very often we do this. It’s natural. \nBy extension\, we often have a big focus on the what of our own story’s when we’re developing them too. What happens next? What does that idea mean?  What happens in the end? Etc etc etc… This stuff of course is crucial. Nonetheless\, in reality\, at least half of the pleasure of a story is to be found not in what happens but how. \nHow am I discovering the story’s events? How does that make me feel? These how questions form the glue that keeps a reader/audience member stuck in and engaged right through to the end.  When we think back to a story we love\, we might often remember the destination\, but the journey of how we get there is crucial. So as writers\, it’s really important that we don’t overlook this.  All the stories we love have used mystery and suspense to hook us in and keep us questioning all the way to the end.  As such\, mystery and suspense are some of the most powerful tools a writer has in their armoury. \nIn this workshop we’re going to think about what mystery and suspense actually are\, how they work and how we can use them to structure our stories to engage audiences.  As ever this topic will start out from a play writing/ screen writing point of view\, but everyone is welcome and the stuff we’ll cover will be useful for prose writers and poets too. \nIn terms of what to bring with you: \nA favourite object (small enough to hold). A pen. A pad. You.
URL:https://www.writingsquad.com/cal/squad-10-workshop-with-emma-2/
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