Poetry in Purbeck
Spend a creative afternoon exploring stones, stories and poetry of Purbeck with Sarah Acton. In a series of readings at our workshop based in the Burngate Centre, Isle of Purbeck, this session aims to share ideas and conversation, explore the landscape and write new words. Participants will get an appreciation of stone-working – quarrying, carving, modern and ancient.
Purbeck landscape has inspired many writers and artists over the years – Kingsley, Hardy, Betjeman have captured Purbeck in prose and verse – whilst painters such as JMW Turner and Charles Rennie Mackintosh have painted the dramatic landscape.
Here at Burngate, we are promoting a wider appreciation of Purbeck Stone.
Inspiring View from Burngate
What will I achieve?
Two sessions of poetic inspiration with a workshop to develop creative writing skills.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
Suitable for writers working at all levels.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
We will be working indoors, chatting and sharing reflections growing ideas, and generating new poetry, journalling and writing. A writing and sharing moment allows for reflection, feedback and meetings of mindscapes.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to prepare in advance or bring?
Bring pen and paper. Tea and coffee will be provided.
| COST | £20 per adult £10 for students & children |
| CAPACITY | Maximum 20 people |
| DURATION | Two Hours |
| LEVEL | All levels from beginner to more advanced writers of poetry and prose |
| SUITABLE FOR | Adults and young people aged 12+ |
Your Tutor
Sarah Acton
Poetry | Creative Writing
Sarah Acton is a landscape poet and performer, oral history and community theatre writer who runs arts programmes for social engagement and connection to nature and place. Sarah’s writing and teaching explore earth history, myth, folklore and sense of belonging to and of landscape, drawing on a passion for poetics and orality (the living voice, rhythms and dialect).
Sarah’s recent projects include the Heart of Stone community play on Portland for b-side festival, and the Talking Tent story-gathering project for Dorset AONB, alongside ongoing commissions for Stepping into Nature including Your Seasons of Story, collaborating with two visual artists and a storyteller, and many local communities. She has written for magazines and anthologies. Sarah’s oral history book about the seine fishing industry along the Chesil Beach is published later this year.
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