Writing for Wellbeing
First Campus - Cardiff Met
This two-hour online workshop will introduce participants to writing for wellbeing. It offer advice on how to use writing to explore emotions, reduce anxiety and find calm. Participants will be invited to try out prompts and techniques in the session that they can then practice at home when their wellbeing needs a boost. This workshop is suitable for anyone, from absolute beginners to published writers.
Christina Thatcher is a Creative Writing Lecturer at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She keeps busy off campus as Poetry Editor for The Cardiff Review, a tutor for The Poetry School, a member of the Literature Wales Management Board and as a freelance workshop facilitator across the UK. Her poetry and short stories have featured in over 50 publications including The London Magazine, North American Review, Planet Magazine, The Interpreter’s House and more. She has published two poetry collections with Parthian Books: More than you were (2017) and How to Carry Fire (2020). To learn more about Christina’s work please visit her website: christinathatcher.com or follow her on Twitter @writetoempower.
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- Date: 23 September 2020
- Time: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
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