Tuesday 16th and Friday 19th April - Tell Us Another One

This week I attended two Tell Us Another One sessions. The first was in Rochdale, and was the last of a series of sessions working with people for whom English was an additional language. It was lovely to hear them perform their own work, both poems and songs. Clearly over the course they have gained great skill and confidence in writing and speaking in English, especially to be able to do so creatively!

The second was at Dumer's Lane, again coming towards the end of a series of workshops for this new TUAO group. Here I was offered paper and pen by a participant and invited to take part. This session was lead by a participant, who did a great job in encouraging us to write dialogue. I enjoyed hearing the poems, scripts and stories participants had written both during and outside of sessions, and was grateful of the chance encouragement to get writing again myself.