Reading for Well Being sessions and Writers Reading Group News

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…

Writers’ Reading group lives….Virtually!

We are glad to announce that our writers’ reading group is going on in a virtual form! We continue to share literary role models in order to learn and improve our craft of writing, but now we’re meeting through Zoom every other Wednesday. This term’s books have included Albert Camus’ The Plague and Anne Frank’s…

The Writers Reading Group – Every Wednesday At The Mac

Join Hearth’s artistic director, Polly Wright, as she leads a reading group with a difference! Explore the craft of writing through sharing views and opinions on contemporary and classic fiction. Discussions of each book lead to creative writing responses. Books for the autumn term include Mark Haddon’s The Pier Falls, Jane Austen’s Love and Friendship,…

Reading & Writing For Wellbeing

Learn how to use reading and writing to improve yourself and others wellbeing by developing creative writing skills modelled on favourite and respected writers. This course is suitable for adults aged 18+ years. It is open to improvers who have previously attended the ‘Reading For Well Being’ course at mac or elsewhere. This course is…

Reading For Wellbeing July 16th

Learn how to use reading to improve yourself and others wellbeing. The day includes the benefits of reading aloud, creative writing and how to facilitate discussion. This course will introduce you to the ‘Reading for Well Being’ method which uses reading aloud as a tool to enable people to express themselves and improve their wellbeing….

Writing The Seasons Satuday 9th July And Sunday 10th July

Sat 9 & Sun 10 Jul, 10am – 4pm | £64 (£52) | 18+ | All Explore your creativity to the full by combining visual art and creative writing techniques to express your feelings and observations about the seasons. Taking inspiration from well-known authors, you will combine words and images to make a small folded…

Reading For Wellbeing Led By Alison Belbin

The course Reading For Wellbeing will be now be lead by actor Alison Belbin. “I was awarded the 2016 Norman Beaton Fellowship by BBC Radio Drama in March. This is a national award and means I will be doing a 5 month contract with the BBC Radio Repertory Company in London from July to December.”…