Hearth Improve your writing, find out how to publish your novel, get hints and tips and find inspiration during our February and November winter micro-festivals. Pull up a chair, gather around the hearth and indulge in a weekend of stimulating and entertaining conversation. The newest addition to the Gladstone’s Library Calendar, Hearth began in 2013 …
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Reading Islands – an Evening with Writer in Residence, Amy Liptrot 8th March – 8th March 2016 8th March What can we learn from communities on the edge? In this evening of readings, author and journalist Amy Liptrot explores the best writing from the UK’s islands. Author of The Outrun, one of 2016’s most anticipated …
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The Gap in the Sky – A Masterclass with Writer in Residence Rebecca Farmer 13th February – 13th February 2016 When the Norfolk fisherman and artist John Craske died, a huge embroidered panorama of the evacuation of Dunkirk was left unfinished: there is a gap in the sky. Award-winning poet Rebecca Farmer will lead a …
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Persian Poetry: A Door to Sufism 31st January – 31st January 2016 This is a talk about those Persian poets such as Omar Khayam, Rumi, Hafez, Saadi and many others who, along the centuries, have opened a way to a wisdom that often defied – and still does – religious orthodoxy. In this talk, Muriel …
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  Creative Liturgy Writing Retreat: for the Season of Pentecost Learning Together – Program offered in partnership with Emmanuel College Continuing Education and Oaten Institute of Five Oaks. Come away for an inspiring time as you join with other worship leaders in planning this important and longest season of the season of the Church year, sharing …
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Donna Schaper Kirkridge Type: Workshops Time: May 24, 2016 6:30 PM until May 26, 2016 Location: Kirkridge Contact: More Info: Writing is hard enough without worrying about rejection or about whether anybody cares what you said. In this course you will minor in writing prose that garners attention and major in marketing it.  Marketing is …
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Singing in the African American Tradition   Ysaye Barnwell   Retreats   Time: April 8, 2016 6:30 PM until April 10, 2016   Location: Kirkridge   More Info: This course is perfect for music and history teachers and is just a whole lot of fun. We’ll develop community through the vehicle of music from the …
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Spring 2016: April 11 – May 30, 2016. New courses still being added. Introduction to the New Testament with the Rev. Dr. Marilyn Salmon Violence in Film and Christian Thought with Dr. Bradley Burroughs Spiritual Formation and Christian Leadership with Dr. Jennifer Snow and the Rev. Dr. Susanna Singer

Georgia O’Keeffe Artist & Writer Immersion Workshop ID: G16CDS911B Dates: September 8, 2016 – September 11, 2016 Price: $595.00 – $795.00 “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 famous paintings. Experience a connection …
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Finding Your Voice with Writing Workshop ID: G16CDS421Y Dates: April 11, 2016 – April 15, 2016 Price: $695.00 – $995.00 Writing your truths and your stories is therapeutic. This 5-day intensive experience at Ghost Ranch’s inner retreat center, Casa del Sol, will create a space that is safe and supportive for you to find your truest …
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