Raise Your Voice: A Writing Day for Women

ArtfulScribe presents Raise Your Voice: A Writing Day for Women, including workshops, writing practice, networking, and a relaxed open-mic with headliner Laurie Bolger.Focused on finding, amplifying and honouring women’s voices, this event is open to all those who identify as a woman, or who are non-binary and are comfortable in a space centred on women’s experiences.

Hosted by writer-facilitator Joanna Barnard (ArtfulScribe), the day’s sessions include a generative writing workshop with poet and presenter Laurie Bolger, confidence building techniques with speaker coach Liz Garland, time to write, networking, and an opportunity to share your writing and listen to others with an open-mic session to close the day.

Babies in arms are welcome.ArtfulScribe will also be launching What Women Write, a publication gathering women’s voices from across Southampton as part of celebrations of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, supported by Southampton Forward.The open mic session is also available to those who are unable to commit to the full day, as well as offering a great chance for audience members to celebrate women in a creative and supportive space, and will include readings from What Women Write.

Agenda10.00am – 11.15am: Welcome and Workshop 1: Liz Garland’s ‘Communicating with Confidence’11.30pm – 1.00pm: Workshop 2: Laurie Bolger’s ‘You Do You’1.00pm – 1.30pm: Lunch1.30pm – 2.00pm: Have Your Say: Reflections on what people would like from a women’s writing offer in the city2.00pm – 3.00pm: Guided communal writing time3.15pm – 4.45pm: Relaxed open mic with Laurie BolgerIf you wish to attend the open mic portion only, please arrive by 3pm to register your interest if you would like to read