VERSES: RESIDENTIAL

Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 4th Nov - Sat 9th Nov, 2024
All Day

Location
Moniack Mhor, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire , IV4 7HT

A Creativity and Care Residential

Join us for FREE at Moniack Mhor (near Inverness) this Autumn, embarking on a charming project exploring the craft of poetry! You’ll be tutored during the week by Jen Hadfield, with an additional workshop from Luke Thompson:

 

Jen will guide you as you discover and respond to the beauty of the Highland landscape, with opportunities to experiment in different artforms…

Through writing exercises, discussion and exploration, you will work individually and collaboratively to refine your poetry skills. Time will also be spent with our partners at Abriachan Forest Trust to immerse yourself in, and take creative inspiration from, the natural world. Here, you can choose to expand your practice, with the opportunity to experiment artistically with words and foraged goods. Importantly, you will steer your own artistic direction with support from Jen.

The project will culminate in a published pamphlet of work, thanks to Luke at Guillemot Press. Luke will be delivering a 1-day workshop during the residential on the anatomy of the book and the pamphlet form; considering the materiality and sustainability of published works and the tensions and balances of book production, from paper choices to binding, print techniques to finishing, as well as introducing writers to some of the practical considerations of writing for the form.

• aileen@moniackmhor.org.uk
• edel@moniackmhor.org.uk
• vicky@moniackmhor.org.uk

Or you can call the Creativity and Care team on: 01463 592 828

 

 THIS PROJECT INCLUDES: 

WRITE

• Monday 4th November – Saturday 9th November: Writing and development week at Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre with Jen Hadfield. You will arrive in the evening of Monday 4th and depart in the morning of Saturday 9th. This will include individual writing time, group workshops and optional one-to-one tutorials.

PUBLISH

• Wednesday 6th November: Immersed in the world of climate conscious publishing. Luke Thompson from Guillemot Press will lead a workshop focussing on materials and sustainability. Explore the various options and have your poem is published in a unique pamphlet!

REST

• This is a fully funded project, so all food, accommodation and workshops are provided!

 

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?: 

• Have a keen interest in poetry/writing, but not necessarily have previous experience. 
• Fill in a simple form (below), or chat to our team about why you want to do the course.
• Give us a few key details so that we can support you through your poetry journey. 
• Places are secured on the basis of suitability. If you are interested in participating but there are no places left, please get in touch and we will add you to our waiting list!
• PLEASE NOTE: As this residential includes trips to Abriachan Forest, you must bring weather appropriate clothing. This includes, but is not exclusive to: waterproof jackets, good walking boots or shoes, comfortable clothes, scarves/gloves/hats etc…

 

We hope to see you there! 

 

MEET THE TUTORS:

JEN HADFIELD lives in Shetland with her family. Her first collection,  Almanacs, won an Eric Gregory Award in 2003. Her second collection,  Nigh-No-Place, won the T.S. Eliot Prize and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Collection. She won the Edwin Morgan Poetry Competition in 2012. Her fourth collection The Stone Age, published by Picador in 2021, explores neurodiversity and won the prestigious Highland Book Prize 2021. Storm Pegs, a lyrical non-fiction hymn to Shetland, was published in Summer 2024.

 

 

 

 

LUKE THOMPSON is a writer and publisher from Cornwall whose current work explores other animals and our relationships with them. His latest book, Domadomadoma-Blumblumblum: Conversations with Other Animals (Ortac Press, 2024) dives into some of the weirder ways in which people have attempted to converse with other species. Previous titles include Treasures of Cornwall (Macmillan, 2023), A Guillemot Guide to Very Small Press Publishing (Guillemot Press, 2022) and the poetry collection Singing About Melon (Shearsman, 2020). Luke is editor of Guillemot Press and a senior lecturer at Falmouth University. www.lukeathompson.com

 

 

 

 

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The Life Changes Trust was established by The National Lottery Community Fund in April 2013 with a ten year endowment of £50 million to support transformational improvement in the quality of life, well-being, empowerment and inclusion of three key groups in Scotland: people living with dementia, unpaid carers of those with dementia and young people with care experience. The Trust concluded their ten year tenure in March 2022.  Moniack Mhor is a formal legacy partner of the Life Changes Trust.

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