In this writing workshop with writer Alison Powell, you’ll experiment with psychogeography, exploring how your environment can be a source of inspiration for creativity. Working from the micro to the macro, you’ll begin with your immediate surroundings, writing about the space you inhabit for the workshop and then move out into the landscape around you. You’ll be invited to consider the streets and houses, the fields and forests that form your current home and explore how that space can inspire new writing.

The workshop will offer activities, prompts, time to write and opportunities to share your words with others. It is suitable for writers at all stages – whether you’re coming to the page for the first time in years, or whether you have a regular writing practice.

About your facilitator

Alison Powell is an experienced facilitator and has run workshops on behalf of various universities, schools and festivals throughout the UK. She founded WriteClub in 2016 and offers popular writing courses, retreats and 1-1 mentoring. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University and has been published in various anthologies and magazines. Her work has been placed in international writing competitions, including the Bath Flash Fiction Award, Mslexia New Writing Award and the Bridport Prize for First Novels. You can find out more about her work at www.alisonpowell.co.uk and www.writeclub.org.uk