Spinning Yarns Workshop. No Place Like Home: Southampton

Spend a morning weaving stories together. In this workshop led by Southampton-based textile artist, Shobhna Philips, and writing facilitator, Susmita Bhattacharya, creating woven craft items and swapping life stories.

This 2 hour drop-in workshop will be held at Shirley Library, Southampton on 27th September from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm creating pom-poms, friendship bands and tapestry weaving while sharing life stories with each other guided by Susmita's prompts.

These 'yarns' will be collected and Susmita will put them together as a poem which will be displayed in the library and on WOL's website.

This workshop is aimed at BPOC people, free to participate and suitable for all ages.

About the artist

Susmita Bhattacharya’s novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian) was long-listed at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2018. Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing) won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection and was featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. She mentors underrepresented writers and is co-founder of the Write Beyond Borders Mentoring Project.

IG: @susmita.b.writer

Accesibility

Shirley Library is fully accessible with automatic doors, accessible toilets, and a hearing loop system.

Address: Shirley Library, Shirley Precinct, Shirley High Street, Southampton, SO15 5LL

Our What3words location is movie, headed, raves.

Plan your journey using My Journey or Find parking.

You can find further information on the library website.

This workshop is supported by Arts Council England. Writing Our Legacy is part of ACE’s National Portfolio Programme.