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We are delighted to welcome Dr Jen McDerra as the new Creative Director of The Writers’ Block. Our KEAP Director of 22 years, Amanda Harris, will retire on 30 November, and Artistic Director Anna Maria Murphy will take a step back in 2024. Now we […]

Unifying Threads: Exploring Saints and Sinners with the Young Writers The first Young Writers workshop of the new term gave us the opportunity to explore new territory using familiar forms. We had been asked to support the participants in preparing new work on the theme […]

Apply now to work with Hall for Cornwall and the Royal Shakespeare Company on their 37 plays programme. We’re looking for 10 Actors and 5 Directors to work together this October to perform 3 Rehearsed Readings across Cornwall of 5 new scripts. Read more and […]

Are you passionate about the power of the written and spoken word to change lives? Do you thrive on partnership working and collaboration? Do you have good knowledge of sector needs and creative writing and literacy strategy? At a moment of change, with the retirement […]

Are you a creative person with a bit of time on your hands? Are you interested in volunteering with children and young people? The Writers Block is looking for volunteers to co-devise and deliver after school clubs for 7 – 11 year olds. We would […]

Join the Writers’ Block Teachers’ Book Group 2023 – 2024. We meet 5 times a year to read & discuss contemporary books for children in years 4, 5 & 6.   These are reading for pleasure books recommended by The Cheltenham Festivals Reading Teachers=Reading Teachers programme.  […]

Little Story Seekers is a story, song, movement and craft session for very young children & their grown ups, created by The Writers’ Block. We are delighted to have been leading Little Story Seeker sessions at the Redruth Library on Alma Place and Camborne Library […]

The Writers’ Block is looking for six emerging  writers living in South East or North Cornwall who are  interested in short form stories for re-telling, performance and print. The eventual writing brief will be to produce short form stories based on objects and verbatim stories […]

Studying Psychological Fiction with the Young Writers Our most recent Young Writers workshop found us exploring the elements of psychological fiction with the group, by request from a couple of the participants. We began by discussing examples of ‘mad’ characters in children’s fiction, citing people […]

Applications for The Writers’ Block’s Young Writers Mentoring Programme 2023-2024 are now open! Six lucky applicants will FREE access to: 4 x one to one creative writing mentoring sessions 12 monthly creative writing workshops, including online sessions and live masterclasses with published writers A chance […]