Workshops

Research & Write Your Personal History workshop

Friday 14th October  1.30pm  to 3.30pm    

£20 per place - limited number

“Stranger than Fiction”

“If you wrote it in a story, no-one would believe you”

Join Susan Walker for this workshop in how to trace your roots and tell the stories of your grand parents and forefathers.

Susan is an enthusiastic, inspiring person who will help you bring your past to life.

Sign up for this workshop by completing  the box below and

typing ‘Genetic ’ in the box

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Tel : 0871 288 3420

October 14th to 16th 2011

The Ins & Outs, Ups & Downs and Nuts & Bolts of Humour Writing...workshop

Saturday 15th October               10am to 12noon           £20 per place - limited number

Humour appears deceptively easy,  encouraging readers to assume the words tumble effortlessly onto the page. Yet creating a humorous piece is just as challenging as writing a serious novel. This workshop will show the writer how to fabricate a funny idea and concoct a comical story by abandoning any modest choice of language and indulging in a full frontal use of exaggeration!

Sandra Smith is a local writer whose humorous features have been published in an eclectic range of magazines and newspapers.  Sandra runs courses and workshops and this is her 2nd appearance at the Festival. Sandra lives with her alpha male husband, teenage daughter and two ungrateful felines. When not writing she can be found roaming The Chilterns and ignoring housework.

Sign up for this workshop by completing box below and typing ‘Humour’ in the box.

To book a place on a workshop, simply complete the form and let us know which workshop you would like to attend.

We will email confirmation and payment details within a few days.

Word For Word Poetry workshop

Sunday 16th October   10.30am to 12.30pm    

£20 per place - limited number

Patrick Collins is a playwright and poet He has translated Moliere, adapted Shakespeare, is a life-long fan of Pinter and is a great friend of TAL Festival.

The session offers an informally-based exploration of some of the possibilities of writing imaginatively in    Free-Verse form. The dominant aim is enjoyment.  

The approach combines working from a variety of stimuli, verbal and visual, and engaging with printed examples from a range of highly-acknowledged contemporary poets.  Previous experience of this field is by no means a necessity; the only requirements are a pen, a pad, and interest and excitement in the latent possibilities of words

Sign up for this workshop by completing box below and typing ‘Poetry’ in the box.