Festival Programme
Cherry Williams- Real Life Story Workshop
Feb 9 12-1:30pm
Learn how to write your story in 5 steps! If you are unsure of where and how to start, then this workshop may help. Suitable for beginners.
Hope Edelman: Stories of Loss, Expressive writing workshop
Feb 11 6-8pm
In this workshop, bestselling U.S. author Hope Edelman (Motherless Daughters, The AfterGrief) will lead participants in two hours of discussion and exercises around the practice of expressive writing.
Antonia Rolls: Someone I love is Dying: What
do I do?
Feb 12 7-8:30pm
A book reading followed by a discussion about the practicalities of being alongside your dying person.
Mandy Preece: Being Rock: redefining listening so we all feel heard
Feb 15 7-8:30pm
A one hour reading and reflection followed by a Q&A with Mandy. In 2019 Mandy was NHS Unsung Hero Volunteer of the Year. Her joy on receiving the award was matched by being asked to be part of an NHS/Helpforce Steering Group on volunteering within the NHS.
Liz Rothschild: Outside the Box: Everyday Stories of Death, Bereavement & Life
Feb 17 7:30-8:30pm
A book reading interspersed with discussion and reflections on the themes covered with the author.
Anjana Chowdhury: Death: A Celebration of Life
Feb 19 6-7pm
A conversation about the impact of culture on death, dying and grief with a focus on Indian culture, customs, traditions and beliefs.
Esther Ramsay-Jones: Free-Floating Writing: A Workshop
This workshop has been postponed
A workshop about how to use psychoanalytic tools to write about our experience of grief.
Cherry Williams- Real Life Story Workshop
Feb 22 11am-12:30pm
Learn how to write your story in 5 steps! If you are unsure of where and how to start, then this workshop may help. Suitable for beginners. Please note this is a repeat of the workshop held on the 9th February.
Elaine Kasket: Dying & Living On Through Technology: A Multimedia Experience
Feb 22 6-7pm
This emotive multimedia experience is going to take us on a journey through how we both die and live on in technology.