Creative Writing - Fireside Stories-Arnold Library-Adult Learning

Arnold Library, Nottingham

Date	10 November - 15 December 2023
Sessions	Fridays: 6pm - 8pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	Arnold Library, Nottingham View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £36

About this course

Join this course and consider atmospheric stories told around a fire, looking at origins and development, to create your own fireside story.

What will be covered on the course?

Origin of fireside stories including traditional fairy tales
Ghost stories
Atmospheric stories

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

To recall information about the origins of traditional stories
To discuss key ideas/ concepts
To demonstrate learning through short exercises
To criticize published work / identify techniques
To evaluate peers’ work and offer feedback
To create a piece of writing, appropriate for reading out around a fire

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

Enthusiasm for writing
Interest in reading

Reading list:

The Woman in Black: Susan Hill
The Bloody Chamber: Angela Carter
The Turn of the Screw: Henry James
Any tales by Edgar Allen Poe

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING.
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: