The Memory Place is a creative writing workshop open to all, including new and emerging writers, who want to explore personal history through objects and storytelling.

During the session you'll be guided through a host of creative writing exercises that touch on some of the core elements of writing: sensory description, setting and dialogue, object provenance. Then, with the approach of a curious collagist, you will cut, paste and shape a new story or poem.

You don't need to prepare anything. The Memory Place is where the writing happens. Just bring along pen and paper, a treasured object or piece of clothing and you're good to go.

Caroline Reid

An award-winning poet, performer and educator, Caroline Reid writes to remember, reflect, reinvent and connect. Story, humour and a whiff of rage are at the heart of all her art. Her debut collection SIARAD (ES-Press 2020) won 2nd prize in the UK Poetry Book Awards and her poems have won and placed in numerous awards including Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize. When she’s not writing or performing, she loves to walk in the shade of her pink and green umbrella. Find out more about Caroline.