AWG – Moving into Winter with Writing

Your invitation:  You are welcome to join Tanya, Bob and the AMED community for a free afternoon writing session.  This is our first AMED Writers’ Group (AWG) workshop since AMED closed formally as an educational charity, though you will notice no change whatsoever in our ethos of generous mutual support for and interest in everyone’s […]

Free

Journalling through the Labyrinth: an approach  for the 21st century?, another AMED Writers’ Group gathering, with John Sweet

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Your invitation:  You are welcome to join us for another innovative – potentially hybrid – AMED Writers’ Group session, which John will facilitate.  If at all possible, we would like you to join us in person, although we are also making arrangements for some people to beam in via ZOOM. John writes:  I should like […]

£10

From Role to Soul: inquiring into the inner work of age, with Heather Day

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Heather writes:  I would like to lead the AMED Writers’ Group (AWG) in an enquiry around the ‘Inner work of Age.’ Considering how we move from ‘Role to Soul,’ I take Connie Zweig’s book as my starting point, and I feel inspired to bring this theme in a spirit of exploration and discovery. Process: I […]

From Role to Soul: The inner work of age: exploring our Inner Ageist and Eldering with Heather Day*

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

*Please note: You don’t need to have attended Part 1 to participate fully in this session. Everyone is welcome! Heather writes:  I have been invited to lead the AMED Writers’ Group (AWG) in a further enquiry into the ‘Inner Work of Age.’ Considering how we move from ‘Role to Soul,’ I take Connie Zweig’s book […]

Having a book in mind – storying other people’s lives, with Raj Singh

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Your Invitation: Are you interested in writing about the stories of other people? If so, you are welcome to join us for another creative and participative AWG session, facilitated by Raj. Raj writes: I invite you to bring your curiosity to share ideas about story telling in writing. In our conversations we will engage in  […]

Private Passions, and Highlights of Your 2023 Writing Year, with Bob MacKenzie and Writing Friends (in-person)

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Your Invitation: Please join us for our annual f2f review and celebration of your writing year.  Here, we can share our writing challenges, achievements and interests arising from yet another strange year of permacrisis.  We can also begin to anticipate our respective writing projects and enthusiasms for 2024. Our process:  Some 12 -14 of us […]

Reune, a curated evening of live dance and short films.

Sadler’s Wells Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, United Kingdom

AWG Member Steve Dilworth has sent us this invitation. He writes: I have just learned that the film that I made with Ellie is going to be shown at Sadler’s Wells on 2 March as part of Reune, a curated evening of live dance and short films. What Lies Beyond: A short film (11 minutes) […]

What writing means to me? An AMED Writers’ Group open session (in-person)

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Your Invitation: Please join us for our inaugural AMED Writers’ Group (AWG) session of 2024.  (Our February session had to be postponed because of rail strikes). Here, we can share our writing challenges, achievements and interests in anticipation of our projects and enthusiasms for the year ahead. Our process: To ring in the changes, in […]

Our Creative Roots and Shoots, with Shelagh Doonan and Anna Fairtlough

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

The first half will be an open session, where anyone can share their current writing-related interests. The second half will be facilitated by Shelagh and Anna on the theme of Creativity, drawing upon the stimulus and environment of our host venue, Roots and Shoots.  This session will help you to reflect on what nourishes your […]

Editing our own and other people’s writing, with Elly Wade

Roots and Shoots Walnut Tree Walk, Kennington, United Kingdom

Elly writes:   ‘Editing can be a difficult task with lots of pitfalls. You can get stuck in a loop of trying to “perfect” your writing at the cost of generating new material, or never think about editing once and wind up with an overwhelmingly long draft that you don’t know how to tame. Some people […]