Black Ven Creative Poetry Workshops Winter Series, Exeter

Facilitator: Sarah Acton
Location: The Garden Room, Reed Hall, Exeter University, Streatham Dr, Exeter EX4 4QR
Dates: Mondays 10.15am-12pm 16 October,  20th November, 18 December

These creative informal guided sessions offer dedicated time to:

• Think about and develop your poetry practice indoors and outdoors
• Unblock your imagination
• Enjoy community with other poets and writers
• Participate in personal and collective ideas and discussion
• Find inspiration in nature
• Develop your confidence to share poems in readings/performance

About the facilitator:

Sarah Acton is the Jurassic Coast poet-in-residence, she led a six month season of creative poetry groups in Lyme Regis this year, and leads poetry walks along the East Devon coast. Sarah also runs a regular open mic nights in Sidmouth, and wandering open mic nights in West Dorset. She is a Magic Oxygen Literary Prize judge, and also judged the Sidmouth Literary Festival poetry competition. Sarah studied Medieval Studies at Exeter University, Professional Writing at Falmouth University, and oral traditions and myth at the Westcountry School of Myth. She is dedicated to further study and deep listening to the land to find her own path and uncivilise her poetic dreaming, aiming to be of service along the way.

Sarah has a passion for workshops that explore our creative capacity by opening up to the natural world, connecting with creativity in the everyday, and reconnecting with our authentic true voices.

Cost: £10 per session (concessions £6)

How to book: Please email blackvenpress@gmail.com to reserve your place. 

Testimonials:

"Skillful as a Blacksmith at the fire of inspiration, beautifully grounded and utterly inspiring, thank you!"

"Many thanks for yesterday's poetry workshop. It was well organised and very enjoyable, and it far exceeded my expectations. What a splendid group of people turned up."

"I was struck by the friendliness of the group and am interested in its development towards the more public presentation of poetry. I sense that it might bring me out of my current state of creative isolation and perhaps kick start my rusting and faltering engine of creativity…..so I’ll stick with it, and you!"

"Amazing how much you fitted into two hours though! and so nourishing and inspiring - I loved it!"