A Room of One's Own
As you may know, we are currently in the process of setting up What's Your Story? a series of free creative writing workshops to be held in Liverpool. One of the weekly sessions will take place in the city centre and the other is going to be held in Croxteth, at Communiversity's new Creative Campus.
I hadn't been to Communiversity before, so last week I paid them a long-overdue visit. I had the real pleasure of meeting Sheila Sweeney and Phil Knibb, the two inspirational people who have worked so hard to make Communiversity a reality. They've done a fantastic job with the place. it's an amazing community resource and a real testament to what communities can achieve when they pull together.
I'm going to be running the What's Your Story workshops from their new Creative Campus and I can't wait to get started. Phil and Sheila have provided a beautifully designed, fully refurbished building for our use, which includes a teaching room, theatre space, recording studio and - this particularly delighted me - private rooms for participants to write in!
They are beautiful and such a useful idea. It's a nod to Virginia Woolf's notion that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.' Unfortunately, we can't do anything about the money situation - but we can provide men and women with a room of their own to write in. They're going to be so helpful to writers. Sometimes it's impossible to find a space to think in - let alone write in. Kids arguing, telly blaring, next door playing thrash metal at all hours. (And that's just in my house) So I know what it's like. The writing rooms at the Creative Campus will provide people with a haven, a space to be creative in. I'm really looking forward to seeing the writing rooms in use. Sheila and Phil have done a wonderful job of creating the right environment for people to write in - so I want to ensure that the place is packed to capacity.
If you'd like to participate in What's Your Story? contact me on:
info@writingonthewall.org.uk and I'll keep you up to date with developments.
Paula Currie
I hadn't been to Communiversity before, so last week I paid them a long-overdue visit. I had the real pleasure of meeting Sheila Sweeney and Phil Knibb, the two inspirational people who have worked so hard to make Communiversity a reality. They've done a fantastic job with the place. it's an amazing community resource and a real testament to what communities can achieve when they pull together.
I'm going to be running the What's Your Story workshops from their new Creative Campus and I can't wait to get started. Phil and Sheila have provided a beautifully designed, fully refurbished building for our use, which includes a teaching room, theatre space, recording studio and - this particularly delighted me - private rooms for participants to write in!
They are beautiful and such a useful idea. It's a nod to Virginia Woolf's notion that 'a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.' Unfortunately, we can't do anything about the money situation - but we can provide men and women with a room of their own to write in. They're going to be so helpful to writers. Sometimes it's impossible to find a space to think in - let alone write in. Kids arguing, telly blaring, next door playing thrash metal at all hours. (And that's just in my house) So I know what it's like. The writing rooms at the Creative Campus will provide people with a haven, a space to be creative in. I'm really looking forward to seeing the writing rooms in use. Sheila and Phil have done a wonderful job of creating the right environment for people to write in - so I want to ensure that the place is packed to capacity.
If you'd like to participate in What's Your Story? contact me on:
info@writingonthewall.org.uk and I'll keep you up to date with developments.
Paula Currie
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