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Creative Writing Workshop

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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 Polly Bodetto, Katie Hanlon and Maryam Bouteldja from our Library and Visitor Experience teams in a creative writing workshop inspired by items from our collections. You’ll be looking at a selection of images and texts focusing on the magic and mythologies of frogs and toads over time.

You’ll participate in several activities, such as word games, readings and collaborative writing, to help you consider how to write about animals, companionship, and the environment. You’ll then have a chance to write your own piece inspired by the items you’ve examined.

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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Past

Need to know

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 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.

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About your facilitators

Black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of a young woman with short dark hair and round glasses. The woman is looking up and to the right.

Polly Bodetto

(she/her)

Polly is a library experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection and an art historian who loves the history of trade routes, collage making, and occultism.

A young person wearing large round glasses and a hat and scarf on ther head. They are looking down into the camera.

Maryam Eka Bouteldja

(they/them)

Maryam is a library, information and archive services apprentice at Wellcome Collection. They adore all things creative, particularly poetry and media that blur the lines between literature and art.

Katie Hanlon

(she/they)

Katie Hanlon trained and worked as a teacher and is now a library assistant 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.