Spend a morning weaving stories together with Southampton-based textile artist, Shobhna Philips; and writing facilitator, Susmita Bhattacharya at Shirley Library, Southampton, on Saturday, September 27th.
The welcoming 2 hour drop-in session to create pom-poms, friendship bands and tapestry weaving, whilst sharing life stories with each other guided by Susmita’s prompts, takes place from 11am to 1pm.
These ‘yarns’ will be collected and Susmita will put them together as a poem which will be displayed in the library and on Writing Our Legacy’s website.
This relaxed session is aimed at BPOC people, although all are welcome. It is free to participate and suitable for all ages.
Susmita Bhattacharya’s novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian) was long-listed at the Mumbai Film Festival, 2018. Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing) won the Saboteur Award for Best Short Story Collection and was featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra. She mentors underrepresented writers and is co-founder of the Write Beyond Borders Mentoring Project.
This event is part of Writing Our Legacy’s ‘No Place Like Home’ programme, which centres creative responses to themes of home and childhood home.
It is supported by Arts Council England and Wire Wool Events. Writing Our Legacy is part of ACE’s National Portfolio Programme.
Tickets: eventbrite.co.uk/e/spinning-yarns-workshop-no-place-like-home-southampton
- In Common is not for profit. We rely on donations from readers to keep the site running. Could you help to support us for as little as 25p a week? Please help us to carry on offering independent grass roots media. Visit: https://www.patreon.com/incommonsoton