Posts tagged creative
14 October: W/Shop: Nick Walker- Flash Noir Fiction in Hitchcock’s Hallway
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Thursday 14 October
Ikon Eastside, 3 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5SE
2.30 – 4.30pm
Nick Walker: Flash Noir Fiction in Hitchcock’s Hallway
A suspense-filled, Hitchcock-drenched writing workshop where typing is against the clock and the only light is sliced through Venetian blinds. Your Jimmy Stewart for the afternoon is Perrier nominated writer, novelist, and playwright Nick Walker. You’ll pay for the whole seat, but only use the edge of it.
With thanks to Ikon Gallery 
Note: This workshop will take place amidst Ikon Eastside’s exhibit, Hitchcock’s Hallway and will include a short talk on the installation. www.ikon-gallery.co.uk
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
9 October: W/Shop: Mandy Ross – Family Writing
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
Shakespeare Memorial Room, Birmingham Central Library, Chamberlain Square, Birmingham B3 3HQ (meeting point)
10.30am -12.30pm
Mandy Ross: Family Writing
Join Mandy Ross for a walking, writing tour of the city centre. Taking in Birmingham’s architecture, nature, history – and its people – you may find inspiration in the least likely places…
Mandy has written over 60 children’s books. Her latest, Hometown History Birmingham, traces the city’s history from Roman times to the present.
Tickets sold in pairs:
£12 for one adult and one 9-16 year old
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Note: this workshop will involve walking. Waterproofs and comfortable footwear are advised.
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Andy Walsh – Writing for Games
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
1.30pm – 4pm
Andy Walsh: Writing for Games
In Association with the Writers’ Guild
This practical, interactive workshop will outline the ins and outs of interactive writing. Industry terminology explained, writing styles demonstrated and a chance to try your hand at some games writing.
Andrew Walsh has worked as a writer, designer, director or script consultant on more than 40 videogames. He won the 2009 Writers’ Guild Videogames Writing Award for Prince Of Persia.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Jo Ind – Finding Your Blogging Voice
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
1.30pm – 4pm
Jo Ind: Finding Your Blogging Voice
You can write – but how do you write for the web? A practical workshop on writing blog posts, including tips on drawing readers to your website and using photographs.
Jo is a journalist and a blogger (joind.co.uk). She is deputy site editor for NHS local (nhslocal.nhs.uk) and manages its blogs.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop:Michael W. Thomas – Setting Them All in Motion
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
1.30pm – 4pm
Michael W. Thomas: Setting Them All in Motion
How can we build character? From the outside in, creating their looks, behaviour, place in life? Or from the inside out, focussing on personality, attitude, philosophy? In this workshop, we’ll explore giving life to characters in poetry and prose.
Michael W. Thomas is a poet, novelist and dramatist. His latest poetry collection is Port Winston Mulberry, from Littlejohn and Bray.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Judith Allnatt – The Power of Objects
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
1.30pm – 4pm
Judith Allnatt: The Power of Objects
Seashells, clocks, roses, rings: writers use objects as tools – as potent symbols or devices to reveal character or create intrigue. Using exercises and a range of objects, we will explore and harness the power of objects in our writing, turning stones into axe-heads.
Judith Allnatt’s second novel, The Poet’s Wife, was published in 2010. Her first, A Mile Of River, was shortlisted for the Portico Prize for Literature.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Nicholas McInerny – Writing Pictures In Sound
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10am -12.30pm
Nicholas McInerny: Writing Pictures in Sound.
Radio drama offers unique opportunities to both the established and novice writer. It can go anywhere, at anytime, with anyone. In this workshop, based on his experience of writing nearly 30 plays for BBC Radio 3 and 4, Nicholas will show you how.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop:Helen Cross – Writing Short Stories
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10am – 12.30pm
Helen Cross: Writing Short Stories
This workshop explores where to find stories, how to look at what you find, and how to carve these mysteries into story shape.
Helen’s stories have appeared in various magazines, anthologies and have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4. Her latest novel is Spilt Milk, Black Coffee (Bloomsbury 2010).
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Myra Connell – Dreams & Poetry
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10am – 12.30pm
Myra Connell: Dreams and Poetry
Are our dreams a source for poems? Can the poems we write enrich our understanding of our dreams?
We will explore the intriguing connections between dreams and poems. You are invited to bring a dream that you would like to write.
Myra Connell’s second pamphlet of poems, From the Boat, is published by Nine Arches Press.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Will Buckingham – Editing
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10am – 12.30pm
Will Buckingham: Editing
Kerouac wrote On the Road in a creative frenzy on a single roll of paper. What they don’t tell you is that he then edited it, word by word. It is not the stuff of legend, but legendary works are built upon careful editing. This workshop will explore how to hone and perfect your work.
Will Buckingham is a novelist, academic and philosopher. His most recent book is Finding Our Sea-Legs: Ethics, Experience and the Ocean of Stories.
Tickets: £23 (£17)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Lynn Davies – Writing For TV
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10am -12.30pm
Lynn Davies: Writing for TV
In Association with Script
Newcomers and old hands alike will find this a stimulating whistle-stop tour of the skills and industry techniques involved in crafting a script for TV or cinema. Lynn Davies won a Writers’ Guild Award for his work on BBC’s ‘Between the Lines’. He teaches screenwriting, and runs his own theatre and media production company, Kayelle Productions Ltd.
Tickets: £30 (£25)
(EXTRA: one to one afternoon surgery on your own ideas £10, £7 – five slots available to participants of this workshop only – mention at time of booking)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
9 October: W/Shop: Rebbecca Hemmings- Performing Your Writing
2 years ago
WORKSHOP
Saturday 9 October
South Birmingham College, High Street Deritend, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 5SU
10.30am – 3pm
Rebbecca Hemmings: Performing Your Writing
Designed for novice writer/performers as well as those needing a refresher on performance techniques, this workshop will be relaxed, informative, fun and challenging. There will be opportunity to vocalise text and try various ways of delivering it, building confidence towards a performance of your own work at the end of the day.
Rebbecca Hemmings is a freelance theatre practitioner and Director of Soliloquy Theatre Company.
Tickets: £32 (£28)
Box Office: 0121 303 2323 or BOOK ONLINE
Workshop Saturday is sponsored by Newman University College, Birmingham
Eavesdroppers Rejoice – Your Day Is Nearing..
2 years ago
by Birmingham Book Festival
in News
Come on, admit it. You love it. Listening to other people’s conversations when you’re pretending to read a book/listen to your ipod/look out the window/eat your lunch/fall down the stairs. Especially if said conversations are salacious or shocking or just downright weird.
The only downside to this most fascinating of pursuits is the slight guilty blush you develop as you realise you’ve been holding your book upside down. You’re an amateur. You need help.
Now you’ve been challenged to go pro. Bugged is an eavesdropper’s dream. You listen in wherever you are on July 1st 2010, then you write something in response to what you’ve heard. Not only is no-one going to judge you for your listening in, you’re actually being told to do it. All the cool kids are doing it. Its allowed.
If you’re worried that permission to recklessly invade personal space will take all the fun out of it, fear not. Check out Bugged’s website for some classic chunks of conversation overheard so far, in the run up to what they’re calling B.O.D (Big Overhearing Day).
The icing on this particular nosey cake is that whatever you write has the chance to appear on their website, or even in the Bugged anthology, released in the autumn and launched at the Birmingham Book Festival.
So…. get yourself a pen and paper, or one of those newfangled typing devices that sit on your knees. Go somewhere that you are likely to encounter other people on Thursday, 1 July (the Book Festival team will be eavesdropping around the Custard Factory), and let your peeled ears do the rest.
Note: Book. Right way up. Otherwise gives the game away.