Wednesday Writing Classes in the City

We are continuing our popular creative writing classes in 2024.

These are aimed at aspiring, emerging and accomplished writers.

The classes will be conducted as short writing courses of four weeks duration, interspersed with author talks and single session classes commencing February 2024. 

The 2024 Writing Class calendar can be downloaded from the Calendar and Brochures tab.

Bookings are essential and can be made through the booking officer email

swwwabookingofficer@gmail.com

September 4 2024

 
Topic: Write a Sestina Poem (1)
Tutor: Maria Bonar
Learn how to craft a sestina, a fixed form poem
consisting of six stanzas of six lines each, ending with
a three line envoi.  

September 11, 18, 25

Topic: Poetry Pyramid – building authentic poems
from the soul (3)
Tutor: Aileen Boyer
The poetry pyramid is a building block designed to
help you build strong poems that resonate on
personal, collective and spiritual levels. These are
hands-on classes so bring pen and paper or laptop
as we will be writing poems throughout the course.
 

Week 1. Self, story and space are explored.
Week 2. Form, facility and focus are the subjects.
Week 3. Rhythm, relevance and revision are explored
and our poems refined to express our intent.