Moniack Mhor, Scotland's Creative Writing Centre
Deadline: 05 June 2025 at 18:30
Course Overview
Writing from a place of pain, about people and things that are no longer with us can be really hard. How do we write into our grief rather than around it?
Course Details
Date/Time:
Date(s) - Thu 5th Jun - Sat 28th Jun, 2025
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Course Description
In this gently paced and supportive four-week writing course, we will look at other seminal writings about loss and pain in poetry, fiction/auto-fiction, and non-fiction, and workshop your own narratives in a safe space.
We will explore how to process grief and loss, turning the messy and raw ball of emotions into words. We will discuss how to write from a place of vulnerability, what writing can do for us (and what it cannot do), and what strategies and tools we can use. Additionally, we will consider how – and if – we can channel some of the despair and grief into hope and change. Writing prompts will be provided in each class, and you are welcome to share as much or as little as you want.
Workshop Environment
You will be in online workshops with a group of up to 12 participants, likely covering some sensitive issues. Your tutor and a member of Moniack Mhor staff will be present at all times to create a safe and nurturing online space for everyone. Please note that neither your tutor nor Moniack Mhor staff are trained to offer individual therapeutic support during the course.
Tutor Information
Pragya Agarwal is a visiting professor of social inequities at Loughborough, a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Cambridge. She is the author of four widely acclaimed non-fiction books, including Sway (which was Guardian ‘Book of the Week’ and NYPL ‘Book of the Day’), Hysterical, and (M)otherhood, which were nominated as best smart thinking and popular science books of the year. Pragya has also written for The Guardian, New Scientist, Wired, Scientific American, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub, among others. With over 20 years of experience teaching creative writing in US and UK universities, Pragya has taught for Arvon, Irish Writers’ Centre, and Ty Newydd.
Location: All Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, International
Deadline: Thursday 05 June 2025 at 18:30.
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