Wild Wetland Writing Workshop
Join experienced poet and workshop facilitator Susan Richardson on Saturday 23 February, for an afternoon of Wild Wetland Writing. Explore the Martin Mere reserve and respond, through either prose or poetry, to the wildlife and wetland landscape that you encounter. The second half of the workshop will be spent indoors, doing more writing inspired by the material you’ve gathered, and receiving helpful feedback on the work that you produce.
Please remember to wear warm and waterproof clothing, and to bring a notebook and pen with you.
The workshop starts at 2 pm and will last for three hours.
The workshop costs £30.00 per person and there are limited numbes available. To book call 01704 895181 or email info.martinmere@wwt.org.uk
A little bit about Susan:
Susan Richardsonis an eco-poet, performer and educator. Her first collection of poetry, Creatures of the Intertidal Zone, was inspired by her journey through Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland in the footsteps of an intrepid eleventh century female Viking, and one of the central themes is the impact of climate change on the Arctic and sub-Arctic. Her latest collection, Where the Air is Rarefied, is a collaboration with printmaker Pat Gregory on a range of environmental/wildlife themes.
Susan regularly performs her work at literary and science festivals throughout the UK and overseas, and is one of the resident poets on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live. She has been poet-in-residence for BBC 2’s coverage of the Chelsea Flower Show and was recently invited to become a Fellow of the International League of Conservation Writers.
She also has more than fifteen years’ experience of running creative writing workshops, both indoors and outdoors, coaxing people of all ages and backgrounds to engage with the natural world through poetry. She has facilitated workshops at universities, primary and secondary schools and for a wide range of events and organisations including Disability Arts Cymru, theFort William Mountain Festival, the Welsh Refugee Council and theGreen Party’s national conference. For further information, please seewww.susanrichardsonwriter.co.uk
