Workshops & courses

Creative writing at Far North REAP in Kaitaia!

I’m running a creative writing workshop at Far North REAP in Kaitaia on 16 March, and everyone is welcome to come and write with me! Express yourself freely in a safe, supportive group. Learn new ways to put your feelings and thoughts into words and make them into poetry or stories. Fun with words for beginners and old hands.

Wednesday 16 March 2022
5.00pm – 8.00pm
At Far North REAP (Facebook)
$10 per person. You have to book in advance.

Book now — places are limited.

If you would like more information about attending the workshop, including COVID-19-related information, please contact Simone, whose details are in the image above.

If you would like to know more about what creative writing activities and knowledge the workshop will include, feel free to contact me.

Far North REAP is a community development organisation that has fostered and delivered quality education opportunities for the people of Te Hiku for over 40 years.

Poetry workshop in Perth: Writing for the Ear

A rare opportunity to write with me!

10:30am-1:30pm, 25 July 2020
WA Poets Inc (WAPI), Bon Marche Arcade, 74-80 Barrack Street, Perth 6000
$20 for WAPI members, $25 non-members
Limit of 18 people.
Book now!

Thomas Campion (1567-1620) said that poetry is “a system of linked sounds”. Dylan Thomas said he wrote for the ear, rather than the eye. By example, discussion and experiment, we will discover how contemporary poets use the music of language to affect the reader’s consciousness.

• Different kinds of pause and silence
• Types of line break and their effects
• Consonance, assonance and rhyme, and their effects
• An introduction to the principles underlying rhythm and cadence in English-language poetry

Book here: https://www.trybooking.com/BKHRS

COVID-19 safety procedures in place:

• Attendance limit: 18
• Hand sanitiser provided
• Venue cleaned prior to event
• Venue set up to maximise social distancing
• Coffee/tea available in paper cups, or bring your own cup/drink
• List of attendants kept through TryBooking , in the event of contact tracing being necessary

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Poetry workshop in Fremantle! Come and write with me.

Poetry is made of words, but that’s only half the story. Poets compose with silences, too. The pauses in a poem let it breathe and come alive. Explore the uses of silence through writing experiments and examples in a supportive, encouraging setting. Everyone is welcome, from old hands to beginners. Please bring pen and paper.

Saturday 28 April 2018
1:30-4pm
Fremantle Arts Centre
Presented by Jackson for Out of the Asylum Writers Group (OOTA).
Cost: $30 members, $35 non-members.
Book today by emailing Marlish Glorie, marlish at westnet dot com dot au.
OOTA’s workshops are very popular, and places are limited. Bookings are essential.

A rare opportunity to experience a poetry workshop with Jackson. Learn how to express emotions in your poems. See how great poets manipulate words to make magic and mystery. Find out how form creates feeling. We’ll read and discuss a selection of published poems, and get inspired to write your own. Whether you’re a curious beginner or already well-versed, you’re sure to have fun. Don’t forget your writing materials!

BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
Book now

Sat 22 April 2017
1:30-4:30pm
At Peter Cowan Writers Centre.
Skype participation is available.
$38 members, $48 non-members.

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