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Creative Writing Workshop

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People looking at books in the Wellcome Collection viewing room.
Workshop in the Viewing Room, Michael Bowles. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you'll do

Join colleagues from our Library Experience and Engagement team for a creative writing workshop inspired by items from our collections and our new display, ‘Expecting: Birth, Belief and Protection’.

Explore images and texts related to comforting rituals, and take part in activities such as word games and collaborative writing to help you write about your own rituals or imagine new ones.

You’ll then have a chance to write your own piece inspired by the items you’ve studied and the conversations you’ve shared.

The workshop is open to all levels, from beginners who want a place to start, to more experienced writers who may be looking for a spark for their next piece.

Dates

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Location

We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free, in-person event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

Waiting list

If this event is fully booked, you may still be able to attend. We will operate a waiting list, which opens 30 minutes before this event starts. Arrive early, and we’ll give you a numbered ticket. If there are any unfilled places just before the start time, we will invite you to enter in order of ticket number.

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About your facilitators

Katie Hanlon

(she/they)

Katie Hanlon trained and worked as a teacher and is now a Library Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection. Her favourite part of teaching was helping people express their ideas and feelings through creative writing. She reads and writes whenever she can. 

Elfed Selman

Elfed Selman

(he/him)

Elfed is a Library Experience and Engagement Facilitator at Wellcome Collection, with a background in outreach evaluation in the heritage sector. Elfed is fascinated by the sensory experiences places of heritage have to offer and how each sense can inspire a re-interpretation of collections. He is especially interested in oral history and the insight it gives into people's personalities and experiences.