Creative Writing Workshop: Writing Your Family Story
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Creative Writing Workshop: Writing Your Family Story

When

Sunday, 21 June 2026, 11:00 – 14:00

Time

11:00 – 14:00

Price guide

£75

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Whether you’re looking to preserve your heritage or find your voice in the natural world, these intimate, expert-led workshops offer the perfect sanctuary for your writing to flourish. Class 1: Writing Your Family Story (or your own!): with novelist and memoirist Emily Winslow Time: 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Are you writing your family's history, or telling stories from your life? Emily will help you apply the rules of writing engaging fiction to your true stories without compromising facts. She'll help you present the context of time and place vividly and memorably, use connected elements within your story to create flow, and consider varying ways of incorporating primary sources. Tickets: £75 per person, per class Capacity: Limited to 10 spaces per session Age: 18+ A Little Something Extra: Every ticket includes a voucher for a free hot drink to enjoy at our riverside tearoom - perfect for fuelling your creative flow.

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