Comments on: Autumn Workshops at Foyles

By: miriamnash

miriamnash — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 08:17:49 +0000

Thank you Jim, that’s always nice to hear There will be more workshops later in the year, just follow the blog, or let me know if you’d like to join my mailing list.

By: Jim Johnson

Jim Johnson — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 06:46:51 +0000

Between me and my wife we would have to say this is an genuinely informative post that should get mentioning elsewhere. This is for 2 types of people: current writers who are considering a independent craft, and people trying to choose to become a writer.

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» Blog Archive » First Letter — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:29:47 +0000

[...] best friends behind. In April this year, as part of the Slow Down London festival, I ran my first Creative Letter Writing Workshop at Foyles bookshop. The idea was to ask ‘What do letters mean now that they’re no [...]

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» Blog Archive » RE-OPENING MY NOTEBOOK — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:01:36 +0000

[...] began also to venture back online. One day I clicked through to fellow poet Miriam Nash’s blog post about her creative letter writing workshops which explore the letter as a form. I loved this idea. I left a comment and also [...]

By: Snail Mail: a series of slow workshops « Eleonora and the world

Snail Mail: a series of slow workshops « Eleonora and the world — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:47:44 +0000

[...] They are workshops in creative letter-writing, part of the Slow Down London festival. But they are not just designed to make you forget about your tweets for a couple of hours and let you slow down to the rhythm of your best handwriting. You will also have a chance to explore the great freedom of the letter as a creative writing form. Miriam talks about this point beautifully on her blog. [...]

By: Karen McCarthy

Karen McCarthy — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:01:22 +0000

Dear Miriam,

We recently suffered a bereavement and many people sent us letters and cards via snail mail. There was something special about receiving communication from people in this manner: it was good to have something tangible to hold in the hand, something physical to keep. People didn’t send condolences via email – not that we would have minded if they had – but it seems that when we have something important to say, we do revert to more ‘traditional’ media.

As I recover I’ve also had to slow down. A good thing I think.

I like the idea behind the workshops and they sound fun.

Karen x

By: Naren Herrero

Naren Herrero — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:45:50 +0000

I have written letters for many years, until Internet and e-mail came into my life, I guess. As opposite of the ‘new’ generations (I’m 30, don’t forget it), my writing life can be clasified in more than half with ink and paper, and the rest with keyboard.. I wish I was in London these days to take part on the workshop, just to try again that old sensation of writing letters.
I keep clicking the blog. Congratulations!

Naren (still in BCN for now)