So, as you may or may have not noticed, InstaPoetry is pretty big. These workshops introduce students to the genre, exploring the inventive ways the multimodal nature of Instagram is being used by young poets. Students will be led through a collection of engaging activities using different model texts, structures, and scaffolds, covering key poetic literacy modes and safe methods for student self expression.

In this workshop series students are introduced to the ideas of protest of art, with specific reference to work of Blak Douglas. Students will complete writing in various text types, responding to elements in the work of Blak Douglas and considering protest in their own writing.

In this series students will plan, write and edit a suite of very short short stories. Flash fiction provides young writers with a short, flexible medium to investigate story structure, characterisation and creatively engage with the mechanics of writing. Students will examine examples of flash fiction, brainstorm and experiment with their own flash fiction and reflect on the creative writing process. Students will gain confidence in experimenting with spoken language, hyperbole, metaphors and similes.

Have you ever had a nightmare you can't quite explain? In this workshop students explore prose poetry and surrealism as they prepare to write their own short horror narrative based on an alien invasion. They learn strategies for ideating and world building, and are exposed to models of writing that are fluid in form and rich in ideas and language features. Ideal for reluctant writers.