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The Return of Poem in Your Pocket

By N Smith23rd November 202123rd November 2021 Categories: news Tags: arts, bedlam, birmingham, birmingham synagogue, creative writing, hearth centre, mac, mental health, polly wright, tales of lockdown, writing for wellbeing Leave a comment

The Return of Poem in Your Pocket for the 2021 Bedlam Arts and Mental Health Festival:On the 16th November 2022 the HEARTH Centre presented an evening of poetry and prose from their 2020 project ‘Tales of Lockdown’. The event featured Polly Wright, Laurence Inman, Liz Churchill, Rochi Rampal and Alison Belbin and was a celebration…

Poem in Your pocket at the Bedlam Festival: 16th November 2021

By N Smith28th August 20218th October 2021 Categories: events, news Tags: arts, bedlam, birmingham, creative writing, hearth centre, literary course, mac, mental health, polly wright Leave a comment

The Return of Poem in Your Pocket Does enjoyment of a good read and beautiful poetry improve your well being? Do you find that sharing the appreciation through reading aloud increases your mental well being?Polly Wright and friends invite you to an evening of shared poetry and stories which will lift your spirits and reduce stress….

Reading for Well Being sessions and Writers Reading Group News

By N Smith23rd August 202123rd August 2021 Categories: news Tags: arts, birmingham, courses, creative writing, hearth centre, readers course, reading, reading for wellbeing, writing for wellbeing Leave a comment

Reading for Well Being sessionsPolly Wright, artistic director of the Hearth Centre is running Reading for Well Being sessions at the MAC- starting on September 17th. Reading for well being is a shared reading approach in which short stories and poems are read aloud and the enjoyment is shared. Click here for detailsHurry, Hurry HurrySign…

Hearth receives Arts Council England emergency funds for Coronavirus project

By N Smith23rd May 202026th May 2020 Categories: news Tags: arts, birmingham, coronavirus, covid19, creative writing, emerg, hearth centre, mental health, polly wright, womens theatre, writers course, writing for wellbeing Leave a comment

The Arts Council England has awarded the Hearth Centre an award of Emergency funds to support the continuation of the organisation and to develop a six month project called Hidden Histories: Living in Times of National Emergency. For this Creative Writing project we’re looking for stories about Lockdown and Covid 19, but also stories of…

Photos From Revolving Door

By N Smith13th July 201814th July 2018 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, courses, creative writing, events, writers course Leave a comment

Pictures from the Hearth Centre’s wonderful performance of Revolving Door at the Old Joint Stock in June. Actors Todd Jennings, Vimal Korpal and Carl Thornley. Photography by Cardboard Zebra

Cradle to Grave – 30th June 2018

By N Smith19th June 201819th June 2018 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, courses, creative writing, events, plays, reading Leave a comment

The Hearth Centre invites you to celebrate the 70th birthday of the NHS with a reading by actors from the Hearth Centre of the play Cradle to Grave by Mandy Ross.3pm Saturday 30th June 2018 at the Community Room, Middleton Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham B14 7HPFollowed by tea and 70th birthday cake, and sharing our NHS storiesFunded…

Revolving Door – Crowdfunder

By N Smith28th May 201828th May 2018 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, courses, creative writing, events, writers course Leave a comment

We would be incredibly grateful for donations to facilitate the effective presentation of this play and subsequent talk.Please click on the image for more details.Graphic by CardboardZebra

Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes at The Hexagon

By N Smith25th May 201828th May 2018 Categories: Books Tags: arts, creative writing, events Leave a comment

Two brilliant photos of our meeting to discuss the book at the Hexagon. Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes… thrilling, magnificently audacious, the story of now… bit like the Writers Reading Group! #MBI2018

Revolving Door at The Old Joint Stock 26/27th June

By N Smith7th May 20188th May 2018 Categories: events Tags: arts, birmingham, courses, creative writing, events, writers course Leave a comment

Please head on over to The Old Joint Stock Website for details and tickets.The play is always followed by a forum for discussion on the subject of suicide prevention. On June 27 2018 this will be in the form of a conversation between Dr Erin Turner and Jonny Benjamin OBE about suicide prevention. Jonny attempted…

Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes

By N Smith6th May 20187th May 2018 Categories: Publications Tags: arts, birmingham, books, courses, creative writing, events, writers course Leave a comment

Here’s our book – Vernon Subutex One by Virginie Despentes…Thrilling, magnificently audacious, the story of now… bit like the Writers Reading Group!#MBI2018For details on Reading For Wellbeing, please follow the LINK

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The Return of Poem in Your Pocket 23rd November 2021
Poem in Your pocket at the Bedlam Festival: 16th November 2021 28th August 2021
Reading for Well Being sessions and Writers Reading Group News 23rd August 2021
Writers Reading Group Online at the MAC 8th April 2021
Ward 9: Coronavirus 29th October 2020

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