NAWE Online Conference 2024 – Writing to Connect
Friday 8 and Saturday 9th November 2024, Online
(9am to 5.45pm, both days)
FULL PROGRAMME AVAILABLE!
The full programme for this year’s NAWE Online Conference – Writing to Connect is now available and can be downloaded as a pdf on the right of the page. You'll find full booking information here.
The annual NAWE Conference brings together NAWE members and others from across the UK and further afield to explore creative writing and how it is taught and facilitated in all kinds of education, community and health care settings and at every level. It’s an opportunity to share learning, information and ideas; hear about new research and projects; be inspired and energized; and make new connections. This year, we have 70+ contributors from across the UK and as far as Australia and Japan.
Spanning two days, the 2024 conference programme features 60+ talks, presentations, panels and workshops covering a rich diversity of topics ranging from new ways to workshop to positivity in practice; from using fiction to explore environmental issues to connecting in the classroom through ekphrasis; from digital storytelling to the teacher as writer; from giving a voice to mental health to building creative communities.
You’ll find sessions around approaches to teaching, working with different communities, teaching and learning within HE, the Creative Writing PhD, writing for well-being and in health and social care, the craft of writing, reading for pleasure and digital tools and resources, and more.
There are ‘how to’ sessions around public funding for writers (workshop and one to ones), making YouTube channels work for authors, and teaching yourself to publish your work across different modes. Interactive workshops range from psychology and character development and digital storytelling as a tool for building connection to the use of AI tools to support radical creative practice and more. Plus there are networking opportunities and a chance to meet the editors of NAWE’s publications.
Whether you teach creative writing at university, in college or at school, or are studying it; are a freelancer working as a facilitator in a community or health care setting; or are an individual or organisation supporting writers, we’re sure that you’ll find sessions that are of direct relevance as well as others far removed from your work and interests which you may well find surprisingly valuable.
Sessions are recorded and are available for delegates to view on demand after the conference.
We look forward to welcoming you for two days of reflection, inspiration and discovery in the company of your fellows as we celebrate writing and its power to connect.
Early bird delegate tickets start at just £19 for Student NAWE Members and £56 for Full NAWE Members (available until 21 September 2024). Non-member rates include a year’s free e-membership to NAWE.
You can find full booking information for the NAWE Online Conference 2024 – Writing to Connect here.
If you have any queries, please email admin@nawe.co.uk