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Open Book
5th July, 2021, 10:00am to 11:30am
Free
These vibrant and thoughtful monthly Open Book sessions are led online by writer Beth Godfrey.
Open Book, Mondays 7th June, Monday 5th July and Monday 2nd August, 10am to 11.30am, Online, Women only, 16+
Credit: GWL
Read poems and short stories together as prompts for your own creative writing. Each session focuses on a theme such as Home, Grow and Transform, or Garden.
Beth Godfrey is a writer and performer with a background in theatre. Her work has been commissioned by Open Book Unbound, Strange Town and the Festival of Physics, and has been published by Oxford University Press. She is an experienced facilitator interested in elevating the voices of women and young people. For Open Book she leads group poetry sessions with Shakti Women’s Aid, whose work has been published and discussed on BBC Radio 6.
This is one of our “take part” events this Summer – we’d love you to get involved with the writing exercises, but there’s no pressure to share your work!
See all the upcoming Open Book events here.
Event Outline
9.55am: Signing in. Get settled and sign in to the session before it begins at 10am.
10am: Welcome and Housekeeping. Welcome from GWL team member. Opportunity to familiarise ourselves with Zoom and the GWL approach to workshops.
10.10am: Introduction and Word Gathering. Introduction from Beth and first exercise to generate words.
10.15am: Feedback Words. Group share the words they’ve generated.
10.20am: Read Poem Together. Beth and one volunteer both to read poem.
10.25am: Discuss Poem. Opportunity to share your responses to the writing.
10.35am: Writing Practice on Theme. Opportunity to write in response to a prompt from the poem, attempting to use some of the words gathered from the start of the session.
10.45am: Share Writing. Individuals share writing and other members are able to respond (but not critique) with what resonated. There is no obligation to share your work.
11am: Read 2nd Poem Together. Beth and one volunteer both to read poem.
11.05 am: Discuss Poem. Opportunity to share your responses to the writing.
11.12 am: Writing Practice on Theme. Opportunity to write in response to a prompt from the poem, attempting to use some of the words gathered from the start of the session.
11.18am: Share Writing. Individuals share writing and other members are able to respond (but not critique) with what resonated. There is no obligation to share your work.
11.28am: Poem on Theme to Close: If time, Beth will read a final poem to close.
11.30am: Session ends.
Booking
This event is now fully booked. To add your name to the waiting list, email emily.ilett@womens.library.org.uk
The event is free and for women-only*. To attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation with you. If you would like to make a donation to Glasgow Women’s Library, you can do so here. Please note that booking will close the Friday before the workshop and you will receive your email invitation a few days before the event takes place.
*All women-only events are inclusive of Trans and Intersex women, as well as non-binary and gender fluid people who are comfortable in a space that centres the experience of women.
Accessibility
This session takes place via an online video call link. If you would like to attend, please book below and we will share an email invitation along with simple and straight forward instructions on how this will work. If you have any concerns about how this will work for you, please do get in touch and we’ll do all we can to support you in joining the session.
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