March 2018 Newsletter: poetry, readings, workshops, courses

small tarn, Kitridding, March 2018, photo by Geraldine Green 

Newsletter March 2018

Cumbrian writer Geraldine Green is looking forward to a busy Spring, Summer and Autumn 2018! She’s delighted to be leading workshops and courses on the following dates:

Thursday April 5th: 2.30pm-4.30pm poetry workshop with Dove Cottage Poets, Wordsworth Trust, Grasmere - booking is through the Wordsworth Trust:

The Wordsworth Trust

Dove Cottage and The Wordsworth Museum

Grasmere

Cumbria

LA22 9SH

T: +44(0)15394 35544

A.Carthy@wordsworth.org.uk 

Friday, April 6^th:  10am-4pm - “Write in Nature” at Eycott Hill, Cumbria Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, near Mungrisdale, north Cumbria This workshop is free, but a small donation to Cumbria Wildlife Trust would be welcome. And thanks Jody Ferguson who invited me to run a third workshop.

Booking is through Cumbria Wildlife Trust, details here  and more info here

Saturdays: 
April 26th, 
May 19th, delighted to welcome back Catherine Ayres for the May workshop! and June 16th Write on the Farm (see info below)
Saturday June 16^th: 10.30am-4.30pm -  “Write on the Shore” This Farm workshop will take place at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s South Walney Nature Reserve, with thanks to Sarah Dalrymple of Cumbria Wildlife Trust who suggested it.

This one day workshop is part of Geraldine’s monthly “Write on the Farm” workshops, held at a different venue.  £35 incl. refreshments, please bring your own lunch, waterproof clothing and footwear, notebook and pen, binocs. and camera.

You can book a place through Geraldine on: geraldinegreen[dot]poetry1[at]gmail.com

or contact CWT.

Friday June 22^nd - Sunday June 24^th: “Midsummer Poetry” residential poetry course at the lovely venue of Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria.with co-tutors Pippa Little and Geraldine Green. 

Booking is through Brantwood  Details here

September 6th: Bolton workshop for Bank Street Writers

September 16th workshop and reading for Lapidus Scarborough

September 29th, October 20th and November 24th Write on the Farm workshops.

Please note: the September 29th Farm workshop will be held at South Walney Nature Reserve  Cumbria Wildlife Trust's wonderful reserve, Warden Sarah Dalrymple. Booking via email to Geraldine Green

Thursday, November 1^st: 6.30pm-10pm  - Poetry Evening, Open Mic and Supper, Brantwood, Coniston: Looking forward to hosting this event and reading alongside fine poets Helen Mort, Graham Mort and Kerry Darbishire. Eight open mic slots available - book early!  - 4 booked, 4 to go! 

Plenty of places left for those wanting to enjoy a splendid evening of poetry and good food!

Cost of supper and open mic slot £14

Cost of attending event as a non reader is also £14

Booking is through Brantwood

You can find out more on all the above workshops, courses and readings, including “Write on the Farm” dates, in Geraldine’s Newsletter, links here:

Geraldine blogs at Salt Road:

http://geraldinegreensaltroad.blogspot.co.uk/2018/

Geraldine Green, 29^th March, 2018

WRITE IN NATURE, FRIDAY, APRIL 6TH 2018, CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST, EYCOTT HILL

near Lake Bank Coniston 15th October 2017, photo copyright Geoff Green

Building on the success and enjoyment of the two outdoor workshops I ran for Cumbria Wildlife Trust in May and July 2016, I'm also running another one in 2018!

Date: Friday, April 6th 2018, Eycott Hill, Cumbria Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve 10am-4pm

Booking is through CUMBRIA WILDLIFE TRUST

Gather at Mungrisdale Village Hall at 10am for welcome and introduction to the day. Then it's off on a very short car-share drive to Berrier and a day on Eycott Hill!

Come and join me on what promises to be another inspiring day at Eycott Hill, Cumbria Wildlife Trust's Nature Reserve, Berrier, North Cumbria.

Early booking recommended!

Event details

Friday, April 6th 2018 - 10:00am - 4:00pm

Eycott Hill Nature Reserve is an inspirational place with fabulous views, unique geology, and interesting wildlife to spark the imagination. This creative writing workshop led by local writer Geraldine Green will use time outdoors and gentle writing prompts and exercises to help you craft poetry and prose inspired by the nature reserve.

Geraldine is an experienced creative writing tutor, published poet, mentor and poetry editor. Her enthusiasm for the outdoors and nature writing is reflected in the many workshops she tutors and in her work. She was the first Writer-in-Residence at Brantwood, former home of John Ruskin and also at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria, Birthplace of Quakerism.

Geraldine blogs at: Salt Road

one of the poets on the hill, May 2016

Part of the day will be spent outdoors so please bring waterproof clothing and sturdy walking boots. Tea and coffee will be provided at the indoor venue but please bring lunch and drinks to take with you to the nature reserve. Don’t forget a notebook and pen.

Booking is required, please email: mail@cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk or call 01539 816300 to reserve your place.

Poets enjoying Eycott Hill Volcanics July 2016

This is a free event although a donation of £10.00 to Cumbria Wildlife Trust would be appreciated.

Write in Nature, Eycott Hill

We meet at Mungrisdale Village Hall at 10am for welcome, introduction and refreshments. Most of the day will be spent on the Nature Reserve at Eycott Hill, followed by writing time in the Village Hall - plus more refreshments! Please bring your own lunch and wear waterproof footwear and clothing.

writing a plein air! writers on the hill

You can find out more about Geraldine, also her new collection, Passing Through here

and also here Pleased to meet you!

POETRY NEWSLETTER 2018

at the Yankee Stadium NYC photo by Geoff Green


Happy New Year! 

Here are the workshop dates for Write on the Farm 2018. All will be held at Jane’s Farm except the March, June and September workshops. Please email me if you’d like to come along to one or more of the Write on the Farm workshops:

Spring/Summer, Saturdays 10.30am-4.30pm, £35:

February 17th - Jane’s farm

March 24th - meet at Jane’s, spend part of the day at Kitridding Farm, then return to Jane’s. With thanks to Stuart of Kitridding Farm, who told me that anyone who wants a quad bike ride is welcome! Lunch at Kitridding Farm.

April 21st - Jane’s farm (lambing time!)

May 19th or 26th - Jane’s farm - date to be confirmed

June 16th - this workshop will be held at South Walney Nature Reserve, with thanks to Sarah Dalrymple of Cumbria Wildlife Trust who suggested it.

Cost of one day Write on the Farm workshops: £35, incl. refreshments. Please bring your own lunch, also warm waterproof clothing and footwear as part of the afternoon sessions will be held outdoors, plus writing materials and camera.

South Walney Nature Reserve, storm Eleanor, photo by Sarah Dalrymple, Warden

Autumn/Winter, Saturdays 10.30am-4.30pm, £35:

September 29th - this workshop will also be held at Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s South Walney Nature Reserve and will include a Saturday/Sunday stopover at the Coastguard Cottage on the nature reserve. 

Anyone wishing to come for the day is welcome. Those who’d like to book a place in the cottage, which sleeps five, please let me know asap as places in the cottage are limited. 

Anyone wishing to camp or sleep in their camper van are most welcome. Reserve Warden, Sarah Dalrymple, tells me that there’s space to camp in the cottage garden or you’re welcome to park your van in the reserve’s car park. Booking is through Geraldine Green. 

Please note: Residential cost for this workshop to be confirmed.

October 20th - Jane’s farm

November 24th - Jane’s farm

Cost of one day Write on the Farm workshops: £35, incl. refreshments. Please bring your own lunch, also warm waterproof clothing and footwear as part of the afternoon sessions will be held outdoors, plus writing materials and camera.

Other dates for your diary:

April 6th, Friday: Write in Nature, at Eycott Hill, Cumbria Wildlife Trust Nature Reserve, near Mungrisdale, north Cumbria. After the success of two, full day workshops in 2016 I’ve again been invited by Jody Ferguson of CWT to run another. Thanks Jody. 
This event is free, although a donation of £10 to CWT would be welcome.  

Booking is through Cumbria Wildlife Trust, details here

more info here

June 22nd-24th, Friday-Sunday: Midsummer Poetry Course, Brantwood: Residential poetry weekend with co-tutors Pippa Little and Geraldine Green. 

Booking is through Brantwood

Details here

November 1st, Thursday: Poetry Evening, Open Mic and Supper, Brantwood, Coniston: Looking forward to hosting this event and reading alongside Helen Mort, Graham Mort and Kerry Darbishire. Eight open mic slots available - book early!  - 2 booked, 6 to go! 

Cost of supper and open mic slot £14
Cost of attending event as a non reader is also £14

Booking is through Brantwood

You can read about last November's poetry evening here

photo by Jane Moss Luffram

Looking forward to seeing you at one or more of the above events.

Wishing you a healthy, peaceful and creative 2018,

Geraldine, 7.1.2018

WRITE ON THE FARM: SPRING/SUMMER DATES: 2018

Spring into 2018!

Write in the Wild: Farm workshop, Burns Beck Moss, September 16th 2017
photo by Geraldine Green

Welcome! to the 2018 series of Write on the Farm  creative writing workshops, led by writer Geraldine Green

Come and join us! and write with us on the farm. A wonderful upland farm set between the Lakes and the Dales 10.30AM-4.30PM £35 incl. refreshments. Please bring your own lunch, waterproof footwear and clothing as part of the afternoon session takes place outside.

All welcome!

2018 Spring-Summer Dates:

February 17th

March 24th

April 21st 

May 19th OR 26th - date to be confirmed

June 16th

Saturdays, 10.30am-4.30pm

Writers in the Wild, September 16th 2017

photos of the poets by Geraldine Green 16.9.2017 (copyright)

Through a variety of writing prompts new writing will be produced in a safe and supportive environment. Feedback on new work and also on ongoing projects, will be given by the group and tutor.

Whether through poetry, prose, travel writing, dreams or journals, these workshops encourage us to explore where and how we dwell and how we take experience and memories with us when we travel to other places, real or imagined.

An experienced creative writing tutor and mentor, I’ve had two full collections of poetry published, with a third due out in 2018; gained a PhD in Creative Writing titled: “An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry” from Lancaster University and been widely anthologized.

Pamphlet collections include The Skin, Passio, Poems of a Molecatcher’s Daughter. Full collections are: The Other Side of the Bridge, Salt Road, and upcoming one in 2018 titled Passing Through

Travels and readings have taken me to Europe and North America, where I’ve read at a variety of venues on the East and West coasts and also the Mid West.

Feedback given by group and tutor on individual’s writing (any genre). Please bring six copies of writing to be work-shopped.

Through a variety of writing prompts and stimuli new writing produced

Morning:  Gather in the Farmhouse kitchen, 10.30am-12.30pm new writing produced from a variety of writing prompts and stimuli; feedback given.

Lunch

Afternoon: reflective ramble and note taking, followed by quiet writing time, read back and feedback.

Workshops take place in Cumbria at Jane’s farm, near Kirkby Lonsdale, 10.30am to 4.30pm.

Cost: £35. Please bring own lunch and waterproof footwear and clothing. Refreshments provided.  

If interested in attending the ‘Write on the Farm’ workshops please email me, or contact me through Poetry PF

STIMULATE YOUR WRITING! Creative Writing Course with Geraldine Green, Dallam Community Heversham

DALLAM COMMUNITY HEVERSHAM

Spring/Summer 2018

Creative Writing Course
Tutor: Geraldine Green

Planning ahead for next year's creative writing course at Dallam Community:

Starting Thursday 26th April 2018

Half term 28th May- 1st June 2018

Finishing Thursday 5th July 2018

Thursdays 10am-12 noon, Dallam Community Heversham:

If any of you would like to join me on another creative writing course at Dallam (and I hope you do!), please book through Kerry or Jenny in the Dallam School Office, Heversham:

Tel: 015395 65956 

Email: askcommunity@dallam.eu

http://www.dallam.eu/community/2510.html

Stimulate your Writing! Creative Writing Course:

This course is both suitable for those who have participated in the previous course in Autumn 2017 and for students who are new to the course.

This course is suitable for writers of all stages, especially those who may have writers’ block and need a gentle nudge to get their creative writing juices flowing freely again. Through a series of writing exercises and a variety of stimuli this course is designed to help you put pen to paper and chase the critic off your shoulder that tells you, you can’t write that! This course says yes, you can! 

As well as encouraging you to write, whether poetry or prose, this course will also provide group and tutor feedback in a safe and encouraging environment. We will also close read work, poetry and prose, by published writers.

photo of Geraldine reading at Grasmere, copyright Geoff Green

Dr. Geraldine Green is an experienced freelance creative writing tutor, mentor and associate editor of Poetry Bay www.poetrybay.com  She has taught and mentored creative writing at undergraduate level at both the University of Cumbria and also Lancaster University, as well as tutoring adult ed. at Dallam Community and continuing education (online and face to face) for Lancaster University.

She was first Writer-in-Residence at Swarthmoor Hall, Ulverston, Cumbria and also first Writer-in-Residence at Brantwood, Coniston, Cumbria. 

She has worked collaboratively on projects alongside musicians, photographers, visual and digital artists and tutored on a variety of creative writing workshops including Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Cont. Education Lancaster University, Adult Education Dallam Community Centre, Cumbria NHS Partnership Trust, Society of Medical Writers, National Trust, Brantwood, Lancaster University, Suffolk Poetry Society and the University of Cumbria. 

Geraldine runs monthly creative writing workshops on a farm near Kirkby Lonsdale, tutors at Dallam adult ed. and is a regular tutor at Brantwood, former home of John Ruskin, Coniston Cumbria. Co-tutors include: Prof. Graham Mort, Penelope Shuttle, Pippa Little and NY poet George Wallace.

In 2011she gained a PhD in creative writing titled "An Exploration of Identity and Environment through Poetry"  from Lancaster University. Her PhD supervisor was the acclaimed poet and novelist Prof. Graham Mort.

Her collections are: The Skin and Passio {Flarestack}, Poems of a Mole Catcher’s Daughter (Palores). A Wing and a Prayer Swarthmoor Hall Press, The Other Side of the Bridge (Indigo Dreams). Her latest collection Salt Road was published in 2013 (Indigo Dreams). Her new collection, Passing Through, will be published in 2018 also by Indigo Dreams.

Her poetry has been widely anthologised in the UK, US and Italy and translated into German and Romanian. Talks include: ‘On Meeting Lawrence Durrell’, Centenary Celebrations, Corfu, and ‘Ecopoetics: The Works of John Clare and Aldo Leopold’ at The South West Texas Conference, Albuquerque New Mexico. She’s also contributed to Writing Works - A Resource Handbook for Therapeutic Writing Workshops and Activities (Jessica Kingsley).

Geraldine, who frequently performs her poetry in North America, has read at WoodyFest celebrating the music and poetry of Woody Guthrie on a number of occasions, including an extended poetry trip to Oklahoma and Kansas in July 2013; alongside Jack and Adele Foley and Michael McClure, Oakland, California 2009; with George Wallace, Penelope Shuttle, Caroline Carver and Victoria Field on a poetry trip to New York, Long Island and New Hampshire in 2007, with poets George Wallace, Linda Graham and Rhonda Ward in New York City, Long Island and Connecticut 2005.

She  also reads widely in the UK, venues include: International Women’s Arts Festival Kendal, with Carol Hamilton, Janine Pommy Vega and Rhonda Ward; Everyman Theatre Liverpool; Solfest Cumbria; Wordsworth Trust Grasmere, Cwmdonkin Drive Dylan Thomas’s House, Swansea, Apples and Snakes Cornwall and Kendal, Ted Hughes’ Festival Calderdale Reader Development Hebden Bridge, CatStrand Theatre New Galloway; Kurt Schwitters Celebration Ambleside, alongside Jerome Rothenberg; Dalton LitFest, various venues in Manchester and in Cumbria.

You can read reviews of Salt Road here:
www.indigodreamsbookshop.com/#/geraldine-green/4565286878