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Autumn/Winter 2022-3
Christian Wolmar: British Rail (Heritage Open Days event with StonyWords)
Wednesday 14 Sept, Stony Stratford Library, 7pm: Free
Christian Wolmar writes and broadcasts prolifically about the history and significance of the railways. In his latest book, British Rail, he looks at the organisation's creation and legacy, highlighting the innovation it achieved despite the political background in which it had to operate.
Green Spaces in the City: Writing Workshop with Melanie Hering
Thursday 22 September, Zoom, 7 - 8.30pm: £15 (Places limited)
This workshop is for anyone aged 16+: no previous writing experience is assumed. Just bring yourselves, your imaginations and something to write with. Through free writing, with prompts and guided exercises, we'll explore our relationship with the green spaces within our cities that we love, our memories of them and our love for them.
Walking Home: Soundwalk at Great Linford Manor Park
Saturday 24 September, Great Linford Manor Park, Milton Keynes, 4pm: £Free
Join us for a bracing Autumn walk with a difference, as we launch a new audio anthology! We've collaborated with Walk Listen Create and The Parks Trust to curate an audio collection of new writing that you can listen to through the Echoes.xyz app. Each piece has been linked to a specific location in Great Linford Manor Park, Stonepit Field or Stanton Low Park.
Poets for the Planet Gala Reading
Thursday 27 October, Zoom 7pm: £Free
Climate change and the environment have never so urgently critical. Working with Poets For The Planet, we're raising the voice of the poetry community in concern, alarm and protest with John McCullough, Aviva Dautch; Toby Litt, Attila the Stockbroker, Sophia Blackwell, Glyn Maxwell, Caroline Davies, Parks Trust Competition winner MIke Geaney and more ,
Risks and Reboots: Poetry Workshop with John McCullough
Wednesday 16 November, Zoom, 7pm: £20 (Places limited)
How far do you stretch yourself as a poet? What sort of artistic risks might you be able to take? Hawthornden and Polari Prize winning poet, John McCullough, leads a workshop that will help you to steer your writing into new territory,
Risks and Reboots: Poetry Workshop with John McCullough
Tuesday 22 November, Zoom, 7pm: £20 (Places limited)
How far do you stretch yourself as a poet? What sort of artistic risks might you be able to take? Hawthornden and Polari Prize winning poet, John McCullough, leads a workshop that will help you to steer your writing into new territory,
The Lodestone Poets: Victoria Adukwei Bulley/Mark Pajak/Gita Ralleigh
Wednesday 14 December, Zoom, 7.30pm: £Free
Our friends at the Lodestone Poets return, bringing you readings from Gita Ralleigh and two of the 2022 TS Eliot Prize shortlistees, Mark Pajak and Victorial Adukwei Bulley.
Broadwater: writing a neighbourhood - with Jac Shreeves-Lee
Wednesday 11 January 2023, Zoom, 7pm: £Free/Donation
The stories in Broadwater are - like the Tottenham estate where Jac played as a child - places where characters meet, part, nudge, battle and blend as they try to make sense of their lives. Hear how her writing has paid tribute to a geography and history she knows and a people who made her.
Close Encounters: the landscape and Memoir - writing workshop with Cathy Galvin
Wednesday 8 March 2023, Zoom, 7pm: £20 (limited places)
This two hour workshop with poet, editor and journalist Cathy Galvin will guide you towards a sense of wonder and re-engagement with the natural world as a springboard for reflection and writing.