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Memoir & Life-Writing

The Writers Workshop

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Workshops for memoir writers and those looking to write from life experiences.

Events in this collection

Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Memories Exposed
Sunday at 10:00
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Untold Stories
Sunday at 13:30
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: People & Place
Fri 2 Oct, 10:00
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Explorations in Memoir - 5 week course
Fri 2 Oct, 16:00
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Untold Stories
Sat 17 Oct, 13:30
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Music, Art, Theatre, & Film
Sun 18 Oct, 10:00
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Untold Stories
Sat 21 Nov, 13:30
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Untold Stories
Sat 19 Dec, 13:30
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Untold Stories
Sat 16 Jan, 13:30
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Memory & the Machine
Fri 4 Sept, 10:00
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Untold Stories
Sat 29 Aug, 13:30
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Dreams & the Unconscious
Fri 21 Aug, 10:00
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Summer of Submission (Writers Workshop Members Only)
Sun 2 Aug, 16:00
Free
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Fragmented and Fabricated
Sun 26 Jul, 10:00
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Based on a True Story: Writing Fiction from Fact (ONLINE)
Mon 20 Jul, 18:45
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Untold Stories
Sat 18 Jul, 13:30
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Memories Shuffled
Fri 10 Jul, 10:00
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Cut & Paste Memory
Sun 28 Jun, 10:00
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Untold Stories
Sat 27 Jun, 13:30
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Peer-led Journalling Workshop: Journeying - Inner & Outer Paths (ONLINE)
Mon 15 Jun, 19:00 BST
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Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Sensory Memories
Fri 12 Jun, 10:00
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Life Writing Workshop - Everyday Objects (IN ORCHARD SQ AND ONLINE)
Sun 31 May, 10:00
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Peer-led Journalling Workshop: Breaking the Line
Tue 26 May, 18:30
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Peer-led Journalling Workshop: Breaking the Line (ONLINE)
Mon 25 May, 19:00
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Memories Unearthed: Preserving memories through writing
Sun 24 May, 10:00
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Untold Stories
Sat 23 May, 13:30
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Memories Unearthed: Preserving memories through writing
Fri 8 May, 10:00
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The Writers Workshop

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The Writers Workshop is based in Sheffield, UK, but serves writers everywhere by providing events and workshops that focus on:COMMUNITY: Bringing together writers of all backgrounds and experience in a supportive forum to share information, motivation and inspiration.CREATIVITY: Stimulating and celebrating the creative-writing process through special events, workshops and sharing innovative practices.CRAFT: Helping writers develop wordsmithing skills by providing workshops and resources on self-editing and critiquing.CAREERS: Supporting writers to professionalise their creative practice, promote their successes, and explore routes to publication.

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Amanda Marples

2 upcoming events

Amanda supports neurodivergent people to develop their creative writing practice through online and in person groups.

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Anne Grange

No upcoming events

Anne runs the Herding Cats online poetry meetup and regularly offers life-writing and nature-writing sessions.

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Beverley Ward

2 upcoming events

Beverley is the founder of The Writers Workshop and runs writing for wellbeing events such as our Sunday Soul Sessions.

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Carmel Page

1 upcoming event

Carmel is a renowned storyteller whose sessions explore folk stories, as well as writing for children and self-publishing.

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Coco Lone Neal

4 upcoming events

Coco supports writers to explore their creativity.

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Emma Garrard

4 upcoming events

Emma's background is in therapeutic writing, and her sessions provide time to explore inner wisdom and resilience.

Events for Families & Children

1 upcoming event

Our family-friendly events and those designed for children & young people.

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Hannah Boursnell

No upcoming events

Hannah offers sessions focused on reading, writing and publishing nonfiction.

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Harley Ryley

1 upcoming event

Harley runs skills workshop focusing on memoir and hosts a number of our writing retreats in the Workshop and online.

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Jools Warner

1 upcoming event

Jools' is a novelist with a special interest is fantasy and supernatural fiction, and her sessions explore the fantastical, mystical and spiritual.

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Lorna Partington

4 upcoming events

Lorna can help you develop your fiction-writing through fun generative writing workshops and more serious skills courses.

Narimaan Shafi

8 upcoming events

Narimaan supports writers from the global majority explore their stories and find their voices.

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Novel

5 upcoming events

Workshops to support you on your novel writing journey.

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Performance & Spoken Word

3 upcoming events

For those wanting to develop their performance skills or working on spoken word poetry.

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Poetry

5 upcoming events

Workshops designed to inspire your poetry - from beginners sessions to meet-ups.

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Rachel Mills

2 upcoming events

Workshops for children, and around journaling and wellbeing.

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Raquel Vogl

3 upcoming events

Raquel offers the chance to try creative writing for the very first time in an easy, fun environment.

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Rosie Carnall

2 upcoming events

Rosie brings her extensive experience in creative facilitation to offer fun, thought-provoking writing sessions, online and in person.

Sept/Oct 2026

49 upcoming events

What's coming up.

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Short Stories

3 upcoming events

Workshops designed to help you spark ideas and develop your short story writing skills.

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Social Events & Live Literature

4 upcoming events

Meet fellow writers, hear from special guests at our live literature events and grow your writing community.

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Step-Free and Wheelchair Accessible Events

4 upcoming events

These events are accessible to people who use a wheelchair or need step-free access. Until we can move to a fully-accessible location, The Writers Workshop is committed to providing more events online and in alternative spaces.

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The Writers Workshop - In Person Events

49 upcoming events

Join us at The Writers Workshop in Orchard Square, Sheffield, for our in-person workshops, classes and socials.

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The Writers Workshop - Online Events

11 upcoming events

Accessible to anyone, anywhere, our online writing events help you create new material or learn new skills from the comfort and convenience of your own home. Includes hybrid sessions.

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Weird Weekend Oct 24-25th

6 upcoming events

Weird Weekend is an annual programme of fun, have-a-go magic and fantasy themed creative-writing workshops, suitable for beginners or more experienced writers looking for fresh inspiration.

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Writing Community

20 upcoming events

Workshops designed to help you connect with and get support from writers who are working on similar things to you. Sessions will be topic-based and are suitable for beginners and experienced writers alike.

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Writing Courses or Series

7 upcoming events

Multi-workshop courses & series designed to provide extended writing skill development or personal development for writers.

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Writing for Wellbeing

5 upcoming events

Writing for self-expression, wellbeing and therapeutic purposes.

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Writing Skills

5 upcoming events

Workshops designed to help you develop your creative writing craft and mindset. These sessions are aimed at those interested in completing a writing project and writing for an audience, possibly for publication.

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Writing Spark

14 upcoming events

Writing workshops designed to help you generate ideas and explore your stories, either fiction or nonfiction. Suitable for beginners and experienced writers alike, these will support writing for self-expression too.