Up Lit – the trend for positive publishing
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Until recently I thought ‘uplit’ meant ambient lighting, like in the picture, but last week, at a workshop called ‘The Kindness Effect’ I learnt it’s actually a genre, or a literary trend –  one that has empathy at its core. … Read More

Sniffing out the story
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  We’ve been working through the senses in the group I run at Maggie’s. This week we did smells! I asked people to bring things in that smelt interesting (within reason). Among other things they brought citrus fruits, spices, coffee, … Read More

Nottingham’s literary ghosts
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When Nottingham won Unesco City of Literature status in 2015 I was gobsmacked, and delighted, especially having played a teeny part in supporting the bid by joining in a literary flashmob – which involved sitting in the market square with … Read More

The object of the exercise
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Things are the stuff of life and this week’s writing exercise uses objects as prompts.  At the last session we did a reminiscence exercise where we went back to school – not always a pleasant place to return to… This … Read More

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