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by Casey Bottono Our most recent Young Writers workshop found participants exploring ghost stories and using their skills to shape their own chilling tales. This group was made up mostly of new students who form the cohort of mentees for the 2023 Young Writers Mentoring […]

To celebrate the opening of The Writers’ Block premises in the heart of the new cultural hub in Redruth, The Ladder, we are seeking proposals for a writer in residence. Through poetry or prose the writer will document, shape and share the story of the […]

By Casey Bottono For our October workshop, some of the young people expressed an interest in exploring travel writing further. It was a pleasure to see both regulars and some new faces amongst the attendees. We began by talking about the reasons why we write […]

By Casey Bottono Saturday 1st October was a historic day for The Writers’ Block. We gathered the mentees and their friends and family, and members of The Story Republic to celebrate the end of the first round of the Young Writers Mentoring Programme. This was […]

By Casey Bottono Our most recent Young Writers workshop found participants borrowing from well-known stories to weave fresh tales. We began with a discussion of notable prequels, from Wide Sargasso Sea to prequels currently being shown on television and streaming services. The writers continued the […]

The Writers’ Block Young Writers Mentoring Programme offers 10 lucky applicants FREE 1-1 creative writing mentoring, access to 10 monthly creative writing workshops, including online sessions and live masterclasses with published writers, and a chance to share your work. It is aimed at writers aged […]

The former old Redruth library, now ‘The Ladder’, has been inching forward with it’s rebuilding, gone are the leaky ceilings and damp walls! We’re so excited to be a part of this community initiative and we are beginning to renovate our space there this month. We need help […]

Join us for Little Story Seekers at Redruth Library. Craft, story, song and movement sessions inspired by your favourite books. Suitable for 0-4 year olds and their parents and carers. Morning sessions: 9 Sept, 14 Oct, 11 Nov, 9 Dec at 11-12pm Afternoon sessions: 20 […]

by Casey Bottono Our most recent Young Writers workshop found us exploring the concept of place as character. The writers first focused on writing about a place that held personal meaning, before beginning to personify those places. Widening the focus, we then invited them to […]

As part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s search for 37 plays, Hall for Cornwall and The Writers’ Block are running a series of workshops led by some of Cornwall’s finest playwrights and theatre makers to support emerging writers or anyone interested in submitting a play. […]