Writing: Nostalgia an online writing course with poet Laurie Bolger

Writing Nostalgia is a safe, immersive space to dive into your notebook & explore the magic of memory, longing & the golden glow of the past. Together we’ll celebrate the moments, objects & feelings that shape who we are nostalgia-style! Newbies: you are so welcome. Regulars…you know the drill!

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This course is all about letting your imagination led the way & using your brilliant life to spark new & surprising writing in your own unique voice & style. All you need is a pen, fave notebook & a quiet corner to let your memories (and imagination) do their thing.

Over three feel-good weeks Laurie will guide you through playful prompts using poems, stories, artwork & filmall orbiting the theme of nostalgia from childhood treasures to half-forgotten songs with a few joyful surprises along the way.

You’ll be invited to finish this short course with an optional sharing session (no pressure!) where you can receive feedback & celebrate your new work.

Newbies: you are so welcome. Regulars…you know the drill! 🌅✨📀🩰🪑

Come get cosy & honour your creative practice this Autumn.

All levels welcome. Warm vibes guaranteed 💕✍️🌅✨

"Just wanted to say a massive thank you for last night - I haven't sat down and properly written like that in a long while and it felt so good! You made such a thoughtful and incredible space for us to do so."

Writing LOVE Participants 2024

“Laurie’s workshops are a safe & at the same time dangerous place for writing..."

Writing The Seven Deadly Sins Workshop Participant 2023

“I don’t want this to stop! Gah! Can we stay until midnight please & have a pj party & keep writing?" I would love to do more friendship poems & have a weep & a giggle.."

Writing Friendship Participants 2023

“If you ever want a cosy, creative, calming place to explore writing, Laurie's sessions are just perfection…”

Breakfast Club Scribbler 2024

Laurie Bolger is a London-based writer and founder of The Creative Writing Breakfast Club. Her debut pamphlet Box Rooms (Burning Eye) has featured at Glastonbury, TATE, RA & Sky Arts.

Laurie’s writing has appeared in The Poetry Review, The London Magazine, Magma, Crannog, Stand, and Trinity College Icarus, and her poems and short stories have been shortlisted for The Bridport Prize, Live Canon, Winchester and Sylvia Plath Prizes. In 2023, Laurie’s poem ‘Parkland Walk’ was awarded The Moth Prize, judged by Louise Glück, and Highly Commended in the Forward Prize for Poetry.

Laurie runs Poetry & Nice Things her sustainable creative market stall & this year she has published three pamphlets of poetry ' Box Rooms' with Burning Eye Books, ‘Spin' with Smith|Doorstop & ‘Makeover’ with The Emma Press. Her debut collection 'Lady' was published this year with Nine Arches Press.

www.lauriebolger.com | Instagram @lauriebolger_ | Twitter @lauriebolger