Hi everyone,
Due to a clash with another event at the library our next meeting has been rescheduled to Monday 3rd September when Sam will be leading his workshop on poetic forms.
For those interested there will be a creative writing workshop "Write your Journey" by Norman Warwick on our original date 10th September.
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Sunday 25 March 2012
Jazz & Poetry Session - 29th March 2012
As part of an adult literacy event at Rochdale Town Hall there will be a session of poetry accompanied by jazz music. There will be several Weaving Words poets performing, including Paul Jelen, Jillian Holden, Phil Hulme and Seamus Kelly.
The poetry and jazz performance will take place at 3.30pm and all are welcome.
The new calendar of Weaving Words sessions has been added to the meetings page.
Hope to see you all at our meeting tomorrow night, 26th March, the theme for which is "That's a wrap"
The poetry and jazz performance will take place at 3.30pm and all are welcome.
The new calendar of Weaving Words sessions has been added to the meetings page.
Hope to see you all at our meeting tomorrow night, 26th March, the theme for which is "That's a wrap"
Sunday 26 February 2012
Monologues
Hi Everyone,
Just a reminder about tomorrow's meeting which will feature a workshop on fictional monologues, or 'noseying into your character's thoughts', by me, so I'd better get on with it! Hope you can come along for some writing and hopefully feel a little inspired.
There is a storytelling workshop at the library on Wed. 29th called 'Dickens Re-told' with a workshop from 1.30 to 2.30pm, and a reading of Great Expectations from 3.30 till 4.30pm, should be good.
Please support local poet Charlotte Henson in her new Open Mic venture at the Met in Bury on the 4th March, details in the link 'Once more with meaning' on our blog list, promises to be a good night, good luck Charlotte.
See you all tomorrow at 5.30pm.
Maggie
Just a reminder about tomorrow's meeting which will feature a workshop on fictional monologues, or 'noseying into your character's thoughts', by me, so I'd better get on with it! Hope you can come along for some writing and hopefully feel a little inspired.
There is a storytelling workshop at the library on Wed. 29th called 'Dickens Re-told' with a workshop from 1.30 to 2.30pm, and a reading of Great Expectations from 3.30 till 4.30pm, should be good.
Please support local poet Charlotte Henson in her new Open Mic venture at the Met in Bury on the 4th March, details in the link 'Once more with meaning' on our blog list, promises to be a good night, good luck Charlotte.
See you all tomorrow at 5.30pm.
Maggie
Monday 6 February 2012
Blog list
We had a great time at Chinese New Year, Julia's workshop was great fun and very informative, and the meal out was lovely. It was such a departure from our normal meetings, well done Julia for your ideas. Seamus has started a new blog featuring his poetry and some of his photographs, called 'Thinking too Much', please check it out on the blog list and follow it if you want as he is adding fantastic thought povoking poems regularly. He is also blogging about cycling, his other great love, (apart from me!) 'It is So About the Bike'which you can follow from here too.
I also list other interesting blogs from writers in and around Rochdale so please have a look and see what you think. If you have your own blog or would like to recommend one please let me know.
Our next meeting is on the 13th Feb at the library as usual, all welcome.
Maggie
I also list other interesting blogs from writers in and around Rochdale so please have a look and see what you think. If you have your own blog or would like to recommend one please let me know.
Our next meeting is on the 13th Feb at the library as usual, all welcome.
Maggie
Sunday 22 January 2012
Chinese New Year
To celebrate Chinese new year we are having a change tomorrow, we will meet in the library as usual at 5.30pm and have a workshop on the Year of the Dragon from Julia. We will finish the meeting earlier than usual and are off to China City (on Nelson street) for a fabulous Chinese meal! Please feel free to come along either just to the meeting or to the meal as well, all welcome. Cars are available if you need a lift.
Talking of lifts, the library's has been out of order for a while, if so you will find us downstairs for the meeting, just ask at the front desk.
Talking of lifts, the library's has been out of order for a while, if so you will find us downstairs for the meeting, just ask at the front desk.
Friday 6 January 2012
Next Life - Mon 9th January 2012
The first Weaving Words session for 2012 is on Monday Evening 9th January from 5.30 to 7.15pm upstairs in the Wheatsheaf Library. The theme for this session is "Next Life" and you are welcome to bring along some writing based on that theme to read at the session.
Everyone is welcome to come along and join in with the discussions and exercises of the session and read or listen to others. It will be nice to get together after Christmas and the New Year.
The following session two weeks later will include a workshop on the Chinese New Year, by Julia, and the theme for the night will be "Ajar" - further details to follow.
Seamus
Everyone is welcome to come along and join in with the discussions and exercises of the session and read or listen to others. It will be nice to get together after Christmas and the New Year.
The following session two weeks later will include a workshop on the Chinese New Year, by Julia, and the theme for the night will be "Ajar" - further details to follow.
Seamus
Monday 21 November 2011
Get Rochdale Reading Week- 21st to 26th November
Hi everyone, we have a great week packed full of events put on by the Wheatsheaf library starting today. It's all thanks to the Maskew bequest and organised by Suzi Heslan.
Tonight kicks off the fantastic line up with, as you might imagine, a pub crawl! Meeting in the library at 4.45pm and meandering over to Bar 5 at 5pm, where Norm and Robin of Just Poets and Lancashire dialect specialist Sid Calderbank will be on hand to help you create your own dialect limerick. This will run till 6.30pm, and then we crawl over to The Baum at 7pm for the chance to perform your limerick. There will be readings of original dialect poetry from The Edwin Waugh Society with the accompaniment of folk musician Mark Dowding. Advertised finish time 10pm, we will see. Hope to see you there.
On Tuesday from 3-4pm there is a chance to see the wonderful Hip-Hop Shakespeare company, Shakespeare, the rapper, as you've never heard him!
On Wednesday there is a chance to hear professional story teller Susanna Oldfield telling Tales for Grown Ups. from 2-3pm there is a workshop to help you create a story and from 4-5pm there is a spellbinding story telling performance of folk tales from around the world.
On Thursday from 3.30-4.30pm we have a fascinating talk from Dr Jay Kennedy of the University of Manchester on the legendary philosopher Plato and the existence of the long disputed 'Plato Code'. Dr Kennedy believes he has thrown a new light on the origins of science, mathematics, music and philosophy.
Nothing on Friday, feet up.
Saturday however is jam packed; we travel through time, from medieval times, to the Georgians, to the 1950s and we have a chance to write our memoirs too!
Starting at 10am, there are workshops and activities till 5pm, so I will list them in starting order as best I can, some activities overlap, so this gives you the best chance to plan your day.
10am till 12pm; The Georgians; Soldiers of the 22nd foot.
Your chance to meet this living history group, and find out about the life and times of the British soldiers in the American revolutionary war.
Also running from 10am till 12pm; Celebrated author and poet James Nash guides us down memory lane in a workshop designed to spark your imagination. Booking essential call 01706 924933 to reserve a place.
Also starting at 10am running till 1pm you can learn to jive dance with a taster session from TC & Joyce it's great fun and very easy just wear smooth soled flattish shoes and have a go!
From 11am till 2pm we have medieval music and games from minstrels Trouvere; historical merriment with a chance for some hands on music making!
From 12-2pm you can sample a taste of post war Britain with a rationed food menu from Hope's catering of Middleton.
From 2-3pm we are back in Georgian times with a talk from Bernard Cornwell expert Jerome de Groot, who will present an engaging talk on Cornwell's Sharpe.
Starting at 3-4.30pm we are back with James Nash who will share his experiences of being and becoming a writer. James will also be joined by Robert Graham who will read from his masterpiece "A Man Walks into a Kitchen", a comedy love story.
Then winners of the Co-operative short story competition will perform their short stories.
At 4.30-5pm, to round off the day, we have a 'Meet the Author' session with Robert Graham who will be signing copies of his book.
A fantastic day to end a great week I'm sure you'll agree.
Tonight kicks off the fantastic line up with, as you might imagine, a pub crawl! Meeting in the library at 4.45pm and meandering over to Bar 5 at 5pm, where Norm and Robin of Just Poets and Lancashire dialect specialist Sid Calderbank will be on hand to help you create your own dialect limerick. This will run till 6.30pm, and then we crawl over to The Baum at 7pm for the chance to perform your limerick. There will be readings of original dialect poetry from The Edwin Waugh Society with the accompaniment of folk musician Mark Dowding. Advertised finish time 10pm, we will see. Hope to see you there.
On Tuesday from 3-4pm there is a chance to see the wonderful Hip-Hop Shakespeare company, Shakespeare, the rapper, as you've never heard him!
On Wednesday there is a chance to hear professional story teller Susanna Oldfield telling Tales for Grown Ups. from 2-3pm there is a workshop to help you create a story and from 4-5pm there is a spellbinding story telling performance of folk tales from around the world.
On Thursday from 3.30-4.30pm we have a fascinating talk from Dr Jay Kennedy of the University of Manchester on the legendary philosopher Plato and the existence of the long disputed 'Plato Code'. Dr Kennedy believes he has thrown a new light on the origins of science, mathematics, music and philosophy.
Nothing on Friday, feet up.
Saturday however is jam packed; we travel through time, from medieval times, to the Georgians, to the 1950s and we have a chance to write our memoirs too!
Starting at 10am, there are workshops and activities till 5pm, so I will list them in starting order as best I can, some activities overlap, so this gives you the best chance to plan your day.
10am till 12pm; The Georgians; Soldiers of the 22nd foot.
Your chance to meet this living history group, and find out about the life and times of the British soldiers in the American revolutionary war.
Also running from 10am till 12pm; Celebrated author and poet James Nash guides us down memory lane in a workshop designed to spark your imagination. Booking essential call 01706 924933 to reserve a place.
Also starting at 10am running till 1pm you can learn to jive dance with a taster session from TC & Joyce it's great fun and very easy just wear smooth soled flattish shoes and have a go!
From 11am till 2pm we have medieval music and games from minstrels Trouvere; historical merriment with a chance for some hands on music making!
From 12-2pm you can sample a taste of post war Britain with a rationed food menu from Hope's catering of Middleton.
From 2-3pm we are back in Georgian times with a talk from Bernard Cornwell expert Jerome de Groot, who will present an engaging talk on Cornwell's Sharpe.
Starting at 3-4.30pm we are back with James Nash who will share his experiences of being and becoming a writer. James will also be joined by Robert Graham who will read from his masterpiece "A Man Walks into a Kitchen", a comedy love story.
Then winners of the Co-operative short story competition will perform their short stories.
At 4.30-5pm, to round off the day, we have a 'Meet the Author' session with Robert Graham who will be signing copies of his book.
A fantastic day to end a great week I'm sure you'll agree.
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