4th March – 4th March 2017 10am In this practical writing workshop, poet Ian Parks will suggest ways in which stories can be told through poetry. Arrive with a blank page and go home with a narrative poem or two. Ian Parks’s first collection of poems was published in 1986 and received a Yorkshire Arts …
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11th February – 11th February 2017 7.30pm Gladstone’s Library has an extensive collection of rare, unique, and distinctive printed books, including items from the birth of printing in the 15th Century, to beautiful examples of small-press printing from the 20th Century to the present. Plus, of course, the 32,000-volume library of our founder, W.E. Gladstone. …
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Hearth Festival – February 2017 4th February – 5th February 2017 Pull up a chair, gather around the hearth and indulge in a weekend of stimulating and entertaining conversation at our two-day micro-festival. Improve your writing, find out how to publish your novel, acquire hints and tips and find inspiration during our winter micro-festival, Hearth. The younger …
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28th January – 28th January 2017 10am Drawing on both the library’s collections and its immediate natural environment, think about and discuss how ‘wild’ places might exist on the page, and how to develop your own written responses to ‘non-human’ environments in the form of fiction, nature writing or travel writing. William Atkins works as …
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10th January – 10th January 2017 7.30pm for 8pm Join William Atkins on an illustrated journey into the concept of wilderness, from Exodus and the Desert Fathers to the European Romantics and the American conservation movement, with reference to his own experiences in the world’s deserts. William Atkins works as a freelance editor. Published in …
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  Tuesday, March 21 – Friday, March 24, 2017 Led by Christine Hales This master class will provide an in-depth experience of painting in egg tempera for those who have previous icon writing experience. You will learn the Byzantine method of using egg tempera and gold leaf gilding on gessoed panels to paint an icon. …
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A Night with Ins Choi – Performing Subway Stations of the Cross Saturday, Nov 26, 7-9 PM @ Wycliffe College Spend the evening with critically acclaimed playwright and actor, Ins Choi, the creator of Kim’s Convenience, a popular comedy currently airing on CBC. Ins will perform his celebrated one-man spoken-word play, Subway Stations of the …
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  Spiritual Writing Conference 2016 November 14-17, 2016 Our November conference offers an entirely new set of speakers, presenting about “how to write” and “how to get published”.  Get ALL 8 webinars – plus the bonus video – for only $99.  And watch from your home or office – at your convenience! Here is our …
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Vision & Voice Photography Retreat – G17A423 Workshop ID: G17A423 Dates: April 2, 2017 – April 8, 2017 Price: $648.00 – $1,295.00 If your picture is worth a thousand words, what is the story in those words? How does that story connect with you, the artist? In Vision & Voice Photography Retreat, explore photography as …
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Georgia O’Keeffe Artist & Writer Immersion – G17A1031 Workshop ID: G17A1031 Dates: October 26, 2017 – October 29, 2017 Price: $413.00 – $925.00 by Nate Zivin Spend a long weekend at Ghost Ranch exploring, walking and painting in a restricted area of the Ranch, in the same locations where Georgia O’Keeffe completed many of her …
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