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Saturday 8th November

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Session: 09:00 - 09:20

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Room 1 - 09:00 - 09:20

Opening Speaker

Peter Sansom

Session: 09:25 - 09:55

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Room 2 - 09:25 - 09:55

Joint Session

1) Full STEAM Ahead: Exploring the influence of science fiction on the decision to study STEM subjects - Sarah Margree
2) Archive fury: a novelist’s rewriting of ancient sources - Molly Aitken

Session: 09:25 - 10:25

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Room 3 - 09:25 - 10:25

Research & ethics for writing in/outside your lane

Alexia Casale

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Room 4 - 09:25 - 10:25

Using our neurodiversity and unique perspectives to enhance creative style and improve mental health

Samantha Ford

Session: 10:00 - 10:30

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Room 1 - 10:00 - 10:30

It belongs to all of us: considerations of writing with folklore

Sophie Parkes-Nield

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Room 2 - 10:00 - 10:30

Introducing novice writers to storytelling using the Story Funnel

Anna Faherty

Session: 10:35 - 11:05

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Room 1 - 10:35 - 11:05

Joint Session: Inspiring

1) Open Return: How can creative writing research inspire caregiving within a family? - Sam Butler
2) Inspiring Lives: Writing Through Cancer - Gail Webb

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Room 2 - 10:35 - 11:05

Inspiring Writing? Threat or Tool? AI and the Creative Writing Classroom

Lubjana Matin-Scammell

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Room 3 - 10:35 - 11:05

NAWE PhD Network

Ruth Moore and Elena Traina

Session: 11:20 - 11:50

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Room 1 - 11:20 - 11:50

Tasting Notes

Lania Knight

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Room 2 - 11:20 - 11:50

'Be Me. Write Free': the benefits of utilising writing for wellbeing as a form of 'play' inside and outside the secondary classroom

Isabel Caddy

Session: 11:20 - 12:20

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Room 3 - 11:20 - 12:20

The Creative AI Writing Workshop - 15 max capacity

Sarah Gibson-Yates and Amy Spencer

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Room 4 - 11:20 - 12:20

Wrangle Your Words – A Writing Workshop for Teachers

Chitra Soundar

Session: 11:55 - 12:25

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Room 1 - 11:55 - 12:25

The Art of the Writer's Blog

Ruth Moore

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Room 2 - 11:55 - 12:25

The Stories Behind Storytelling: Overcoming the Barriers to Telling Stories of Our Lives

Alison Mott and Dr Karen Jiyun Sung

Session: 13:25 - 13:55

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Room 1 - 13:25 - 13:55

Write, Speak, Connect: Creative Confidence On and Off the Page

Rachel Knightley

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Room 2 - 13:25 - 13:55

Joint Session:

1) Queering Narratives in Creative Writing Teaching - Ben Fergusson
2) Trans Inspirations: The Importance of Trans Poetry - Aryk Greenawal

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Room 3 - 13:25 - 13:55

NAWE HE Committee open meeting

Joanne Reardon and Andrea Holland

Session: 13:25 - 14:25

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Room 4 - 13:25 - 14:25

Writing the Government Art Collection: a whistle-stop tour

Claire Collison

Session: 14:00 - 14:30

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Room 1 - 14:00 - 14:30

Joint Session:

1) (Un)Finished Product: Process as inspiration in memoir - Harley Ryley
2) The Ethics of Interviewing in Creative Nonfiction: Impact of Interviewees’ Withdrawals on a Project’s Outcome - Olga Kenton

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Room 2 - 14:00 - 14:30

Going Going: Solastalgia in Rural England

Beth Gaylard

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Room 3 - 14:00 - 14:30

What makes a 'writer'?

Katherine Davis-Wright

Session: 14:45 - 15:15

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Room 1 - 14:45 - 15:15

Writing Europe from different Europes

Lorena Breidis

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Room 2 - 14:45 - 15:15

Divergent Writers: Thriving as Creative Writing Practitioners, Students, and Teachers Despite Ableism

Christie Collins, Saul Lemerond, Leigh Camacho Rourks, Rachel Carney

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Room 4 - 14:45 - 15:15

Writing Revolution: 101 tips and ideas for working with young writers

Beverley Ward

Session: 14:45 - 15:45

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Room 3 - 14:45 - 15:45

Space for Poetry: Facilitating Writing for Wellbeing

Natasha Ryan and Danny Pandolfi

Session: 15:20 - 15:50

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Room 1 - 15:20 - 15:50

Inspired Research: Reimagined Methodologies for PhDs in Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies

Elena Traina

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Room 2 - 15:20 - 15:50

Writing for Wellbeing for Survivors of Religious Trauma

Zoe Lambert

Session: 15:20 - 16:20

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Room 4 - 15:20 - 16:20

Inspiring Writing in Interesting Times

Sarah Bower

Session: 15:55 - 16:25

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Room 1 - 15:55 - 16:25

Non-Innocent Creative Writing: Poetry in the Digital Age in China

Yilin Tang

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Room 2 - 15:55 - 16:25

So bad, it’s good: using cliché and collaboration to make metaphor less scary

Anna Polonyi

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Room 3 - 15:55 - 16:25

Anaphora and Butterflies

Andrea Holland

Session: 16:30 - 17:00

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Room 1 - 16:30 - 17:00

Inspiring Writing – Plenary

Jocelyn Page and Jane Moss

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