Creative Writing

I ran creative writing workshops at Maggie’s Centre Oxford as part of One Stage At A Time.

I have been a tutor on Urban Arvon running writing workshops with novelist Courttia Newland in Virginia Woolf’s old home.

I give individual tutorials for the Poetry School.

I have run writing workshops at the British Library’s Writing Our Place conference for teachers interested in creative writing using ‘Writing Britain’ exhibition as inspiration

I ran workshops for young people at Keats House.

I have been Writer in Residence for Portsmouth Museum working with their A Hard Choice exhibition. I ran workshops in the museum for adults, families and secondary school student. I was one of the judges for their children’s writing competition 500 Pompey Words. This culminated in the launch of an anthology of poetry and stories. https://aoifemannixportsmouthmuseum.wordpress.com/

I ran a writers group for Spread The Word at Sutton Mental Health Drop In Centre.

I ran creative writing workshops for young people for the National Trust as part of their regeneration of 575 Wandsworth Road, the former home of Khadambi Asalache.

I ran creative writing workshops in libraries in Lewisham and the Horniman Museum using their ‘The Body Adorned’ exhibition as inspiration. This was part of Out of My Window, a project for Spread The Word and Lewisham Libraries.

I performed and ran workshops as part of both the 2004 and 2003 Spit-Lit Festival (Celebrating Women’s Writing).

Aoife Mannix