Re-Writing the Archive – Online Writing Workshop with Thurrock Museum

Jo Hartle — Thu, 03 Jun 2021 17:30:00 +0000

Essex Book Festival has joined forces with the Essex Museums on an exciting new writing project: Rewriting the Archive.

A team of writers and artists, assisted by four curators, have each been invited to select ten objects from the County’s heritage collections that tell difficult ‘stories’. These objects will form the basis of four two-hour online writing/artist workshops.

Thurrock Museums hosts Syd Moore, writer, activist and founding member of Essex Girls Liberation Front as she explores the collection at Thurrock Museum with a special focus on working women.

Tickets: £5 pp, places limited

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Creating a Compelling Opening – An Online Writing Workshop

Claire Buskin — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:00:00 +0000

Have you ever wanted to try your hand at writing a thriller?

Join author Samantha Lee Howe at this online writing workshop and explore how to introduce tension to shock, thrill and captivate your audience in your opening paragraphs.

During the workshop you will have a chance to practice some writing and hear feedback from Samantha and other participants if you wish. There will also be a Q&A session at the end of the workshop.

This is a writing workshop so please have a pad and pen handy.

Pay What You Can
We invite you to Pay What You Can for this workshop. You may choose to pay any amount you wish. The standard price is £5 but if you are able to pay more for your ticket, you will help support Essex Book Festival and our efforts to make the festival accessible to those with limited means.

About the Author

Samantha Lee Howe began her professional writing career in 2007 and has been working as a freelance writer for small, medium and large publishers, predominately writing horror and fantasy under the pen name Sam Stone. This body of work includes 13 novels 5 novellas, 3 collections, over 40 short stories, an audio drama and a Doctor Who spin-off drama that went to DVD.

A former high school English and Drama teacher, Samantha has a BA (Hons) in English and Writing for Performance, an MA in Creative Writing and a PGCE in English.

Samantha lives in Lincolnshire with her husband David.

Find out more about Samantha and her writing at samanthaleehowe.co.uk

Samantha’s latest book, The Stranger in Our Bed is out now.