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Creative Writing – two student showcases!

Creative Writing – two student showcases!

We're so proud of the groups of students who have completed our recent Creative Writing courses, in both Edinburgh (as part of our summer programme, and in cooperation with the University of Edinburgh and Museums and Galleries Edinburgh), and in Dalkeith (as part of our Midlothian Men's Group for individuals in recovery).

Both groups embraced the writing tasks given – sometimes a little leftfield, but always with wonderful results. At the end of each course, we produced a print booklet of the work produced and held a special showcase with live readings and a chance for invited guests to view the printed work.

The Edinburgh group's Stories Matter booklet of prose (left), and the Dalkeith group's Recovery Road booklet of poetry (right):

Here's some images of the Edinburgh showcase event and readings:

And here's some images of the Dalkeith showcase event and readings:

A huge thank you to the students, tutors, course organisers, course partners, and everyone else who made the events, and the accompanying published booklets, such a joy to behold!

You can learn more about the Courses that we offer here.

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