They Come from Within: Creative Writing
Themes
S1: Pride and Identity (August-October 2017)
S2: Transformation and Visual Narratives (October 2017 – ONGOING)
2018 – Upcoming Events
Next session(s) will be held in Glasgow:
Wednesday 4th July @ 18.00-20.30 Spoon Cafes, 46 Trongate, G1 5ES
Wednesday 25th July @ 18.00- 20.30 Spoon Cafes, 46 Trongate, G1 5ES
| FREE | booking essential
Theme: Writing Your Way Out (‘coming out’) w/ LGBT Health and Wellbeing as part of their Mental Health Programme 2018
*This event will be ticketed at our low income/student rate of £3, the funds raised will go towards covering travel costs for Eris and a team member of KEP.
Locations
Falkirk
Workshops are usually held at Coffee on Wooer St.
Edinburgh
Future workshops’ location and dates TBC’d.
Glasgow
Future workshops’ location and dates TBC’d
Donations
Donations will go towards:
- Covering the costs of the workshop (printing, extra materials etc)
- Paying visiting writers, poets and artists for their time, expertise and travel
- The costs of creating the “They Come from Within” journal
We will be transparent about the amount raised and will notify folks of where the money (and how much) was allocated.
Suggested donations for regular workshops:
£5 or more if in employment
£3 or less if student/low income
If you can’t spare coin, instead, please spread the word-of-mouth (and on social media) about our workshops.
Title derives from the movie “They Came from Within” (Shivers) 1975 and the one-off open mic event “They Came From Within: Trans & Genderqueer Poetry Love-In” organised by Harry Giles in Leith, Edinburgh in January 2017.
