WORKSHOPS. AUTUMN/WINTER. 2008/2009.

Welcome to the new Write Club Training autumn/winter workshop season from THE SOUTH! It’s a packed programme of events designed to help writers of all levels, interests and genres, aimed at developing both your creativity and professional potential.

A highlight of the season this year is the Travel Writing Retreat with the renowned Dea Birkett and Rory Maclean, set in the idyllic Burpham Country House Hotel. The weekend is an intensive exploration of travel writing and you’ll leave with a skill set that will help you get your work published. This course gets results.

Workshops range from a morning to a monthly evening course, include poetry, prose, performance, comedy…and carrying on our traditional for working with the best , workshops are lead by names you’ll know and love including Susannah Waters, Heather Taylor, Mark Hewitt, Vanessa Gebbie, Maggie Sawkins, Dave Mounfield…

And it’s not just those in and around Brighton that will benefit from our new season – THE SOUTH has partnered with De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill to bring you workshops with Sarah Jackson, Tongues and Grooves in Portsmouth with Maggie Sawkins.

Check out this page regularly – new events are being added all the time.

For the early birds! Booking now means you’ll qualify for an early bird discount and don’t forget that by becoming a Friend of THE SOUTH, you’ll qualify for discounted rates whenever you book.

And so to what’s on…

	Developing a Screenplay from Scratch with Heather Taylor. Saturdays 20th September, 18th October & 8th November.
	Developing your Writing with Sarah Jackson. Tuesdays 30th September - 25th November.
	On the Couch: Unblocking for Writers and their Characters with Sandy Hutchinson Nunns. Saturdays 4th and 11th October.
	Funding your Madness with Mark C. Hewitt. Wednesday 15th and 22nd October.
	Writing for Young People with Laura Atkins. Tuesdays 21st October - 25th November (6 weeks)
	Flash Fiction with Vanessa Gebbie. Saturday 25th October.
	Poetry - Are you Serious? with Les Robinson of tall-lighthouse. Saturday 1st November.
	The Incommensurable: War and Writing with Judith Kazantzis. Monday 3rd November.
	Comedy Writing with Gerry Thompson. Thursdays 6th - 27th November.
	Responsive Writing with Claire Collison. Sunday 9th November.
	Queer Writing with Maria Jastrzebska and John McCullough. Saturday 15th November.
	The Haiku and the Small Poem with Matthew Paul and John Barlow. Saturday 22nd November.
	Writing for Competitions with Vanessa Gebbie. Saturdays 29th November and 13th December.
	Hammer and Tongue Performance Poetry Masterclass. Presented by slam winning performance poets Rosy Carrick and Jonny Fluffypunk. Saturday 6th December.
	Writing from Memory with Maggie Sawkins. Saturday 6th December.
	Poetry of the Impossible with Maria Jastrzebska. Saturday 17th January.
	Writing Comedy for Radio and TV with David Mounfield with special guests. Saturday 31st January and Mondays 16th and 23rd February.

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Queries and more information:
If you have any queries please call Nathan O'Donnell, Workshops Co-ordinator, on 01273 571700 or email nathan@thesouth.org.uk

Refunds and Cancellations:
You will receive a full refund (less £5 admin charge) if you cancel a course or workshop more than seven days before it starts. If you make a cancellation less than 7 days before a course starts, or after the course has started, we will be unable to offer you a refund.

Cancellations of courses:
Occasionally we may find we have to cancel a course. If a course is cancelled we will give you at least one day's notice and a full refund, plus priority booking on the course if it's rearranged.

Further Workshops and Opportunites:

• TRAVEL WRITING RETREAT
• ONE-TO-ONE MENTORING SESSIONS

Partner Workshops:

• A weekend of yoga and creative writing
• FICTIONALISING AUTOBIOGRAPHY: a new weekend course with Janet Cameron and Paul Curd

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