02/04/2025
Great opportunity - Creative Writing Workshop in Glenuig Inn with the author Linda Cracknell on Saturday 26th April. 11am – 4pm. £20 per person (lunch included).
Join us for a day of close observation and exploration in words of the Scottish Rainforest, here on this quiet stretch of coastline in West Lochaber.
Meet at Glenuig Inn, where tea & coffee will be available from 10.30am.
We will then spend about an hour outdoors, visiting the local oak and hazel wood which represents a fragment of Scotland’s native rainforest. Remember to bring walking boots, warm layers and waterproofs as well as a small notebook and pencil.
After lunch, provided by Glenuig Inn, Linda will take us through a variety of engaging creative writing exercises. This workshop is suitable for all levels of experience.
Linda Cracknell is a writer of place, memory and motion who believes in being alert, observing, and writing from the particulars of each experience. Engaging bodily with her writing (both fiction and non-fiction), she is someone for whom getting mud on her boots, sleeping high up in the hills, or being slapped by salt water can all be part of the process. She is an experienced teacher of creative writing in many different settings, including a regular workshop in the Moroccan Sahara and a number of workshops which integrate walking and outdoor exploration with creative writing. Landscape, place and memory are key themes in her work.
She follows Susan Sontag’s advice to “Love words, agonize over sentences and pay attention to the world.”
Recent books include Doubling Back: Paths trodden in memory, Writing Landscape, and The Other Side of Stone.
www.lindacracknell.com
Times 11am – 4pm, cost £20 per person (lunch included).
