The Writing Retreat
The Writing Retreat is a collaboration between me and Kath Morgan, a fellow writing tutor in South Cornwall. We offer 5-night residential retreats, one day writing events, non-residential weekends, live online courses, and video courses you can watch in your own time. Sign up for The Writing Retreat news here and you’ll receive some free ‘taster’ videos to introduce us. You’ll be first to hear when we release new dates for our popular residential retreats, writing weekends near Falmouth, and writing Sundays in Flushing.
We are currently planning our 2025 programme so it’s a great time to sign up for our news.
Mylor Writers: the ‘writing gym’
Mylor Writers meet monthly on Saturday mornings in Mylor Bridge near Falmouth, from 10.00am to 12 noon. If you are unable to attend in person there is the option of meeting on Zoom on the following Wednesday evening, 7.30pm-9.30pm.
There is no critiquing in these sessions, but lots of stimulus to help your creative juices flow. If you want to make time for your creativity, these monthly get-togethers are the perfect way to make writing part of your regular routine. You’ll be in the company of others who love to write, in a friendly and welcoming group. Just bring a notebook and pen and let inspiration do the rest.
The cost is £8.00 per person, payable in advance by BACS or cash on the day. Dates for 2024 are here. Contact me here to receive monthly alerts about these sessions.
‘Trevow’, a community novel
In 2024 I completed the long and fascinating process of carrying out a PhD, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council in 2017, and hosted by Falmouth University. My research asked ‘How can the novel be a vehicle for community participation?’ I found the answer with a group of volunteers who have collaborated to create a novel set in Cornwall.
You can read it here. If you would like to know how it was made, and how your writing group and the community around you could make your own, please contact me for information here.
Writing for health and wellbeing
One of my passions as a writer is the way writing can help people as part of their health and wellbeing. I’m a member of Lapidus UK, which runs events to raise awareness of writing for wellbeing, and I’m the author of a book Writing in Bereavement, A Creative Handbook, a guide for counsellors and volunteers supporting people after someone has died.
In addition, I tutor a Special Study Unit in creative journal writing for medical students at the Peninsular Medical School, and I am a Director of Arts Well, a Community Interest Company promoting the arts in health and social care in Cornwall.