• Nov 2, 2021 from 6:30pm to 9:00pm
  • Location: Collage Writing Room online with Zoom
  • Latest Activity: Aug 8, 2021

Write for children with Waterstones Children's Book Prize Winner, Sita Brahmachari.

Collage Writing Room's new course is for anyone who:

* Has ever been a child and is longing to re-wild their imaginations

* Values childhood and young adult experience as central to who we are and what we become

* Is inspired to write into childhood realities or fantasy/ dream worlds

* Has read a children’s or YA story that has helped them navigate through life and would like a go at writing one

Over the six week course Sita will share many techniques to access writing stories for readers aged from five through to middle grade to Young Adults and adults!

Week 1) Sita presents her patchwork storytelling quilt in a brainstorm of creativity starting with a naming ceremony and finding your ‘voice.’

Week 2) Exploring Rites of Passage stories. Sharing inspirations. The role and depiction of adults in children’s and YA fiction and the need for Intergenerational diverse stories.

Week 3) Experimenting! Trying out a range of fun and random techniques to build character and connection to landscape, place and plot.

Week 4) Writing dialogue that sings – a myriad of methods and the vital place of reading aloud!

Week 5) Into the wilds. Entering the magical, surreal symbolism of the storytelling woods of childhood. Settling on the form and genre that fits your storytelling – novel, memoir, poetry, free verse, play, novella or illustrated novel.

Week 6) Testing your story. The value of workshopping with readers. Daring to change and grow new patchwork pieces for your story. Reflecting on the patchwork pieces collected so far.

Tuesday evenings, 6.30pm-9pm; Nov 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, Dec 7. Cost £125 (email kate@collage-arts.org to register and receive payment link). Virtual Writing Room via ZOOM video conference & correspondence.

Autumn Programme 2021 – Collage Writing Room

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Events and Activities


 

What’s on at Karamel in October?

Thursday 9 October – Hunter Muskett at Bowes Park Folk Club at Mum’s Bistro, 143 Myddleton Road N22, 7.45pm.

Saturday 11 to Sunday 12 October – Open Studios in Alexandra Park and Muswell Hill, 11am-5pm. A chance to visit artists in their own homes and studios and at various locations around the area.

Saturday 11 October – Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, 1pm. Handel, Mozart, Bernstein and more.

Wednesday 15 October – Let’s Get Fit for Winter with Action and Discussion at Hornsey Parish Church Hall, Cranley Gardens, 1.30-3pm.

Saturday 18 October – Muswell Hill Creatives Make and Mend Festival at Hornsey Parish Church Hall, 140 Cranley Gardens N10, 1-5.30pm. Including a Learn Block Printing workshop.

Saturday 8 November – Lunchtime Concert at St. Andrew’s Church, 1pm. Cafe-Theatre in French.

Monday 10 to Saturday 15 November – A play called ‘Private View’ at Greenwich Theatre (Studio), matinee or evening.

 


Ongoing courses and activities

1st Impression – an exhibition by Running Jump members at Karamel, Coburg Road.

Life drawing sessions – alternate Saturdays during term time at Rhodes Avenue Primary School, 1-3pm.

Illustrating children’s books, course for adults – Wednesday mornings at the Green Shed, Muswell Hill, 10- 11.30am. 19 August – 24 September.

H.A.T.E. Club - Hobby and Tabletop enthusiasts, adult-only gaming club - Wednesday evenings at Karamel, 5.30-10.30pm.

Painting for Adults – Thursdays at CUFOS Community Centre (the old railway station), Top of The Avenue N10, 10-12.30pm or 1.30-4pm. Term-time.

Free Martial Arts for Teenagers on Saturdays from 2 August to 4 September Alexandra Park School, 5-8pm.

Haringey Circle: late morning Creative Coffee Drop-In on Thursday mornings at Oita Cafe, the Green Rooms, Station road N22, 11-1.30pm.

Haringey Circle: Paws and Walk dog walk on the last Thursday of every month in Ally Pally, 10-11.30am. Meet outside Ally Pally station.

Colourwheel Art Classes for adults on Thursday mornings or afternoons at St. Andrews Church Hall, Alexandra Park Road N10 2DD. Starting 18 September.

5 and 6-a-side Football League on Wednesday evenings from 14 May to 17 December at Christ’s College, East End Road (where it meets the North Circular), East Finchley N2 0SE, 8-10pm. Leisure Leagues.

The 22nd Southgate Beavers have some free spaces for years 2 and 3 children from September.

The Highgate Literary & Scientific Institution in Pond Square is offering an exciting array of autumn courses.

Museum of Homelessness will be open from 17 April to 1 November, at the Manor House Lodge, inside Finsbury Park, Seven Sisters Road N4 2DE 12.30-4.30pm.

Geekstraveganza – regular boardgame meetup on these dates at Karamel, 4 Coburg Road, Wood Green, 1-6pm.

Em Power fitness classes – 9am on Mondays & Thursdays (term time only), focusing on strength. All abilities welcome!

Fortismere Community Symphony Orchestra rehearses Tuesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

Fortismere Community Choir rehearses Wednesday evenings during term-time at Fortismere School, 7-9pm. Get in touch for more info.

After School Sewing Club on Fridays at Stitch crafts, 2 Hazelwood Lane Palmers Green, 4.30-6pm. Term time.

Bowes Park Community Choir - Thursday evenings during term time at Bounds Green School, 7.15-9.15pm.

Salsa Wednesdays – Wednesday evenings at Bounds Green School, Bounds Green Road N11 2QG, 7-8pm. 

V&J Ensemble: Vocal group for ALL Singers on Wednesdays at St. Andrew's Church, Alexandra Park Road N10 (corner of Windermere Road), 6.50-8.30pm.

 

 

 

  

All Good Bookshop has many regular events - book groups of course, also music, writing, yoga - and special events .... at 35 Turunpike Lane.

Many Music and Art events are held at Karamel, including Collage Kids performance events on Saturday mornings at 11.30am. At 4 Coburg Road,

 

Wood Green N22 6UJ.

 

 

 

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