Many creative writing workshops and programmes focus on getting started or keeping up momentum, but few workshops look at what can help you transition from the end of one big project to the beginning of another one, or if you're feeling stuck and 'in-between'.

This liminal space can often be uncomfortable, plagued with a sense of emptiness, ‘spentness’, fatigue and a fear that you will never produce creatively again. Tina Sederholm and Ciarán Hodgers have both experienced this “creative-grief” after publishing poetry collections and touring shows. Through a shared experience and heartfelt conversation, they came to understand that if they traversed this period thoughtfully and restfully, it could in fact become a time of nourishment, inspiration and grounding.

Modern society today holds productivity on such a high pedestal that often the idea of rest or restoration feels unproductive, and through the messaging we are bombarded with constantly, invaluable; unworthy, unwanted and perhaps even a moral failing on our part. While productivity and discipline are important creative tools, we want to explore rest as productive, of creative-grief as nourishment, of the inspiring quiet as a powerful antidote to the production line, burn-out, too-many-spinning-plates, frazzled minds we have begun too accustomed to.

Taking place from late October to late November, we will be aligning ourselves with the seasonality of the world around us during the time of Samhain and Hallowe’en in preparation for the deep rest that we may wish to receive the Winter Solstice / Holiday season.

So if you’ve just finished a creative project and want to embrace more fully this part of the creative cycle join us for an interactive and participant-led approach in this exciting pilot project from two award-winning writers.

For dates and more information, please see the Eventbrite page here