Following an open call which received 41 applications, we are delighted to announce the 7 selected writers for the Developing Tutors programme. The programme supports writers looking to run their first creative writing workshop with a paid teaching opportunity and enhanced support and feedback throughout the process. Spread the Word will be running the workshops from June 2024 to February 2025. The selected tutors, their workshops and date they will run are:
Susan Allott
Zooming In and Zooming Out: using ‘narrative distance’ to add depth and variety to your prose.
Tuesday 25 June 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Leah Cowan
Words of Resistance: Storytelling and Writing Non-Fiction to Imagine and Transform.
Tuesday 24 September 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Emily James
Oranges are not only a Fruit: using food to heighten sense of character in your writing.
Wednesday 30 October 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Thymian Gadd
Movement, Music, and Memory
Wednesday 20 November 2024, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Rashed Aqrabawi
Limbo: A Workshop between Poetry and Prose
Saturday 7 December 2024, 11am-1pm IN PERSON
Oli Isaac
Out There: Surreal-ing the Real
Tuesday 28 January 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Rachel Fung
How to Build a House – On Writing the Home
Tuesday 25 February 2025, 6.30pm-8.30pm
Bobby Nayyar, Programme Manager at Spread the Word, said: ‘We had an amazing response to the callout, which made picking the final seven a challenge and a privilege. In our selections we have a mix of talented writers both published and unpublished with a range of exciting ideas for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. I look forward to working with each of them and attending their workshops.’
Visit our Workshops and Events page to sign up for the first workshop run by Susan Allott. We will be posting the other workshops later in June.
Published: 29 May 2024