I spent yesterday at http://www.thebrindley.org.uk/ in Runcorn at an event organised by The Reader to celebrate The National Year of Reading.
The theme for May is Mind, Body Spirit and the event was tailored around this. I had never been to The Brindley before, but it is a real find. Just off the M57 motorway with a free car park the centre is an Aladdin's Cave of all things creative. I will be back.
But back to the event. There were several workshops to choose from and I chose Writing About Memories with Caroline Smailes, (http://www.carolinesmailes.co.uk/) author of In Search of Adam. What a find. After meeting Caroline I can't wait to read her book and the workshop was fascinating. We looked at how real memories can be fictionalised using various prompts.
The second workshop was From Birth to Death with poet Rebecca Goss. We explored the key stages of life through various poets and I was introduced to some wonderful new poets (Jennifer Copley, Jayne Anne Phillips and Kate Clanchy) who I will be finding out about.
It was all so inspiring and we left armed with lists of new writers to discover.
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