The Liberation of Voice Through Creative Writing Helen Kenwright
Event details
Discover the power of creative writing to foster connection and community for those with lived experience of mental ill health at an interactive workshop led by writer Helen Kenwright.
Based on current research and student experience, participants will consider how those with mental ill health are othered - their voices frequently and consistently silenced, and their identities judged by diagnosis, leading to a loss of their sense of self.
Learn how through writing, provided with the skills and encouragement, their views can be heard and their identities regained.
This event will take place live on Zoom Webinar. You will receive a link to join a couple of days before the event and a reminder an hour before. During the event, you can ask questions, post comments and share text via a Q&A function, but audience cameras and microphones will remain muted throughout.
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About the speaker
Helen Kenwright writes contemporary fantasy with themes of social justice, identity and romance. There are usually dragons. Helen has an MA with distinction in Creative Writing from York St John University, and leads the Creative Writing team at Converge, a project at York St John University which offers educational opportunities for people who use mental health services. She is also an Associate Lecturer at the University of York, teaching creative writing courses as part of their Lifelong Learning undergraduate and ‘for pleasure’ programmes. Helen is Director of the Writing Tree, an organisation offering coaching and mentoring services for writers, as well as publishing work from new writers with an emphasis on diversity and voices which would otherwise go unheard. Helen’s publications include 'Seeds of White Water’ in Science Fiction for Survival: An Archive for Mars (Valley Press 2019) and ‘Women of White Water’ in Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers. Her winning entry in the @SFFiction competition is published in Serious Flash Fiction 4.
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