I started running writing workshops in my home town of Bungay, in Suffolk, at the end of 2023; my first workshop was called ‘Pen to Paper’ – it was an eight week course (two hours per week), bringing people together discussing the ‘fading’ art of letter-writing – with looking at published letters, both contemporary and past, and writing to each other.

This was followed by a short-story workshop, poetry, diary writing and I am now running a ‘Nature Notes’ course – all of which are eight-weeks long.

I very much enjoy bringing people together for these workshops, encouraging people to write and discuss wonderful poems, stories and excerpts from books too that they like to share.

I have also been able to produce two books, too, so far, from the Short Story and Poetry course – these are: ‘Short Stories and Tiny Tales’ and ‘An Ode to Bungay’ – which are

being sold at the local theatre, The Fisher Theatre (in Bungay); and the next book will be based on the Nature Notes workshop.

My next workshop will be about writing personal biographies … because EVERYONE has a story to tell!