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Literature: 'Keeping It Brief': a study of shorter forms in literature
What happens when an author decides to ‘keep it brief’? How does writing in shorter forms affect their decisions? How much is a shorter text an act of creative play, and how much an act of deliberate restraint? In this course we will be focusing primarily on the short story and its development: to do this, we will be working on tales from The Penguin Book of the British Short Story from Daniel Defoe to John Buchan. We shall also be reading together shorter verse forms and reflecting on their power, their concision and the skills required to write with fewer words.
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Dates:Fri 17/01/2025 -
Fri 28/03/2025Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:Newcastle Quaker Meeting House (Newcastl
West Avenue
Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 4ESTutor:Clare JacksonCourse code:Q00020163How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £84.00
Literature: 'Keeping It Brief': a study of shorter forms in literature
What happens when an author decides to ‘keep it brief’? How does writing in shorter forms affect their decisions? How much is a shorter text an act of creative play, and how much an act of deliberate restraint? In this course we will be focusing primarily on the short story and its development: to do this, we will be working on tales from 'The Penguin Book of the British Short Story from Daniel Defoe to John Buchan'. We shall also be reading together shorter verse forms and reflecting on their power, their concision and the skills required to write with fewer words.
This is a progression/advanced course.
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Dates:Fri 17/01/2025 -
Fri 28/03/2025Times:1:30pm - 3:30pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:Quaker Meeting House (Newcastle-Under-Ly
Earl House
2 Miller Street
Newcastle-Under-Lyme
ST5 1QJTutor:Clare JacksonCourse code:Q00020800How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee:Free
Creative Writing: Nothing Rhymes with Orange - Writing in Rhyme
This course will explore how to produce poems which rhyme. In the twentieth century, particularly post-war, vers libre and syllabic verse have proliferated, yet poets persist in writing rhymed and rhythmical poetry.
During these five weeks, we will examine how modern poets deploy rhyme and integrate it into the rhythms of ordinary speech and a demotic vocabulary.
Each session will be a workshop, which examines and puts into practice your own experiments in rhyme, allowing you to develop first drafts and then finished versions of at least three new poems.
The workshops will be mutually supportive at all times, supportive and inspirational.
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Dates:Sat 18/01/2025 -
Sat 15/02/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:5 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Stephen SmithCourse code:Q00017942How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:3 places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Literature: 'English Poetry from Shakespeare to Today
The Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley famously said that ‘Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.’ This course tracks the development of English poetry, from the sonnets of Shakespeare to the contemporary poetry of Jack Underwood, Emily Berry, and Rachael Allen.
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Dates:Mon 20/01/2025 -
Mon 17/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:00pmDuration:8 sessionsLocation:Friends' Meeting House (Aylsham)
Pegg's Yard
Red Lion Street
Aylsham
NR11 6ERTutor:Joseph WilliamsCourse code:Q00019921How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £67.20
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Duration:12 monthsFee:£15
Literature: American Literature - On Land & Sea
This course will explore some of the classics of American Literature. You will study a range of poetry and prose by writers both ancient and modern, including Moby Dick by Herman Melville, My Ántonia by Willa Cather and other works by Maya Angelou and Cormac McCarthy. You will also explore how American Literature relates to other art forms, including film, photography and music.
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Dates:Mon 20/01/2025 -
Mon 17/03/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:9 sessionsLocation:Redruth Community Centre (Redruth)
Foundry Row
Chapel Street
Redruth
TR15 1ANTutor:Mark CreesCourse code:Q00016867How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £37.00
Creative Writing: Structure & Point-of-View
Practice techniques for creating short stories, true or untrue. We'll apply the principles of short fiction to our writing, with the focus this term on thinking about how point-of-view impacts on structure. There will be writing exercises, discussions, an optional weekly homework task and feedback. Guidance on feedback techniques will be provided. The course content has flexibility, and will be adapted to suit the needs of the group. Suitable for improvers.
This course uses the same content as the Friday morning course, Creative Writing: Point-of-View, and the Thursday morning fortnightly course, Creative Writing: Point-of-View, therefore you need only enrol on to one of them.
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Dates:Thu 23/01/2025 -
Thu 03/04/2025Times:7:00pm - 9:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:OnlineTutor:Catherine HumphrisCourse code:Q00012327How you'll learn:OnlineAvailability:1 place remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £74.00
Art and the Arts in 1950s
If there is such a thing, at any time the “national mood” in any country is reflected in the cultural products of the period - visual works, theatre productions, the movies, the literature. The course will provide an overview of the decade from the artistic and cultural viewpoint. This will include the art movements which emerged such as Abstract Expressionism, exemplified by people like Jackson Pollock, music developments such as rock'n'roll famously promoted by Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and many others and epoch-making movies such as West Side Story.
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Dates:Thu 20/02/2025 -
Thu 27/03/2025Times:10:30am - 12:30pmDuration:6 sessionsLocation:Enfield Baptist Church (Enfield) (Enfiel
Cecil Road
Enfield
EN2 6TGTutor:Colin LomasCourse code:Q00017413How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £72.00
Art Appreciation: William Blake and Samuel Palmer
William Blake (1757 – 1827) is simply the greatest poet/pictorial artist Britain has ever seen! His themes are universal and his demand that society recognise the folly and inhumanity that prevailed unfortunately is still relevant. Moulded by the radicalisation of the English Civil War, his words and images are a call to arms to stand up for the vision that Britan could be if the shackles of convention were broken.
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Dates:Sat 08/03/2025 -
Sat 08/03/2025Times:2:00pm - 4:30pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:The Minster (Grimsby)
St James Square
Grimsby
DN31 1EPTutor:Tim StimsonCourse code:Q00017918How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £10.50
Creative Writing in the Landscape: Writing the River Tamar
In a stunning location overlooking Brunel’s famous Tamar Bridge to Cornwall, this workshop will be a feast for the creative senses. You’ll be encouraged to write what you can see, hear, feel, smell, touch – and taste! - in this ever-changing landscape. The workshop is open to everyone who likes to write, from beginners to published, and all genres from poetry to prose. This is a unique and wonderful opportunity to spend a day in the company of other writers, exploring the immediate natural and human-made environment. It’s also a chance to share your written work, if you wish, at a local festival.
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Dates:Thu 20/03/2025 -
Thu 20/03/2025Times:10:00am - 4:00pmDuration:1 sessionsLocation:Bridging the Tamar Visitor and Learning
Tamar Bridge Office
Pemros Road
Plymouth
PL5 1LPTutor:Kate CottonCourse code:Q00018499How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £25.20
Personal Development: Creative writing
Unlock your inner writer! This 4-week Introduction to Creative Writing course will ignite your imagination and guide you in expressing yourself through the power of words. We'll delve into various writing styles, helping you observe the world around you with fresh eyes and translate those experiences onto the page. Whether you're a complete beginner or have dabbled in writing, this course is designed to unleash your creativity and deepen your enjoyment of the written word.
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Dates:Wed 23/04/2025 -
Wed 21/05/2025Times:10:00am - 12:00pmDuration:10 sessionsLocation:KCU Ltd at Fuller Church (Kettering)
51 Gold Street
Kettering
NN16 8JBTutor:Caroline SmyCourse code:Q00016754How you'll learn:In venueAvailability:10+ places remainingStatus:AvailableFee rangeFree to £33.60