Brad Gyori
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The “Straight Eight Challenge”: Young Carers Work Together to Create Their Own Film
by Sophie Shave With the fourth Bournemouth Writing Festival approaching, the team working on the festival and BCP Council provide opportunities for people of all ages and backgrounds in the local area to get involved in writing creatively. On Friday 10th April, a filmmaking workshop was held in association with the amazing local charity MYTime Young Carers,
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Emma Scattergood
The last Heard Word of the season is proud to feature a very special guest. As the Founder of the Bournemouth Writing Prize, the creator of the MA in Creative Writing and Publishing and a lead organiser for the Bournemouth Writing Festival’s Writing Sanctuaries, Emma has been a champion of creative writing in many forms.
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Timo Peach
For storytelling that transcends the page, blends genres, and bends the mind, check out the next Heard Word and meet our Featured Artist, Timo Peach. That’s Monday the 23rd of March 2026 from 5-7pm GMT on Teams. To get feedback on your work, sign up to be one of our presenting writers. There are both 20-minute
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Cecilia Maddison
We are barely into 2026 and Cecilia Maddison has already won TWO international writing competitions! This up-and-coming author just took top honours in the Anthology Personal Memoir Competition and a few weeks earlier she had received first prize honours for the short story she submitted to our beloved Bournemouth Writing Prize. What’s her secret? Join
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Andrew Morris
If you have a hankering for the bizarre, you will love exploring the wild and wonderful mind of our next Heard Word Featured Writer, Andrew Morris. That’s Monday the 9th of March 2026 from 5-7pm GMT on Teams. Join us here. To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our presenting
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Susan L. Edser
How do your write neurodiverse characters with nuance, humour and humanity? Our next Heard Word Featured Guest, Susan L. Edser specialises in helping readers connect with characters who experience the world in ways as original as her sparkling prose. That’s Monday the 2nd of March 2026 from 5-7pm GMT on Teams. To get feedback on
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Vita Nova Anthology 2026
This anthology is a vibrant and rawportrayal of survival, strength andpassion. Whether it is a song, a poem or aplay script, this group of talented writershave written through their darkest timesand found the light that comes withfreeing the spirit through writing.Come with us as we delve into a richtapestry of love, loss, pain and hope.Each
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Issue 3
The third edition of The Bournemouth Journal navigates human life in all its fragility and force. Through poetry and short fiction, this issue sits with beginnings and endings, with grief, survival, and the moments in between. These pieces express passionate convictions and confront the challenge of finding meaning when certainty falls away. Readers will be
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Sharon Coyne
Playwright/activist Sharon Coyne has a keen ear and strong dramatic instincts. She listens to the stories of people in recovery and builds on them to create moving plays about healing, empathy and self-acceptance. We are delighted to welcome her to the next edition of our online writing workshop Heard Word. That’s Monday the 23rd of
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Rob Casey
What’s so funny about poetry? Ask our next Heard Word Featured Guest. Rob Casey. He specialises in penning verses packed with humour and absurdity. That’s Monday the 16th of February 2026 from 5-7pm GMT on Zoom. To get feedback on your work sign up to be one of our presenting writers. There are both 20-minute