成人快手

This autumn we held an exciting course in our Open Centre.听 The course ran for seven weeks, the first three weeks the group worked with local writer Alex Johnson where each person started writing their own personalised stories.听

By the end of week three they had all finished crafting their stories.听In the fourth week, they had the opportunity to work with two illustrators from Coventry University's School of Art & Design to help bring their characters to life with pictures.听The final three weeks gave the group the chance to complete their project by working with paper craft tutor Karen Everitt from Let's Create.听Each person made their own book, beautifully hand-crafted, illustrated and written by them for someone special. 成人快手 Coventry & Warwickshire also recorded their stories and you can listen to them here or at some point over the festive break on air.

Click on the link below to view photos from the workshops:

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Liz Bloomfield

Liz Bloomfield - A very special birthday

A short story about twins who are looking forward to their birthday celebrations.

"I was a bit apprehensive about writing a story because I haven鈥檛 done one before.听 So it started off as a spark of an idea and coming here to do the course has really helped me believe I could do it, put it down on paper and here we are with a completed book. . . . It鈥檚 certainly the sort of course where you look forward to coming back week after week.鈥�

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Yvonne Brissett

Yvonne Brissett - Daddy takes us to the fair

A short story about two girls who are taken to the fair by their daddy.

鈥淚t鈥檚 been really fantastic because it has encouraged me to explore an area that I鈥檝e never written for before which is children鈥檚 story and also think about illustration so it鈥檚 quite creative in that respect.鈥澨�

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Sylvia Donegan

Sylvia Donegan - Pasta and Peas

Pasta and Peas is a short story about a granddaughter's trip to see her grandmother.

"It鈥檚 been a real challenge and it鈥檚 made me think about so many things really.听 Not just about how precious family are but just the little things that you do with them are so important, that is what I enjoyed. It was like revisiting a day with her, and I don鈥檛 spend a lot of time with her but when I do we have a lot of fun.鈥澨�

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Michael Harvey

Michael Harvey - That's what pirates do

A pirate story in a modern setting.听 A boy on holiday finds a pirate and helps him find a new job.

"At first I thought this would be nice and easy, I鈥檝e read lots of stories just knock another one out, piece of cake but there is actually a lot of work involved.鈥�

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Stephanie Morris

Stephanie Morris - Oddy the Owl

A story about an unusually green owl called Oddy and his antics with his friends in the forest.

"Thank you so much for the opportunity of taking part in such a brilliant course.听 The tutors were excellent and I think all of us got so much out of the workshops.听 It was an opportunity to meet other like-minded people and to produce something tangible which had been sitting in my head for a long time!听 Thanks again.鈥澨�

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Amy Rugg

Amy Rugg - Soul School

A story about a girl facing a long school summer holiday break in America, but her plans about having no plans are scuppered by her mother, who sends her to 'Soul School'.

鈥淭he course has been a great success for me, because I鈥檝e had a chance to meet other people and hear their stories to get inspiration to write my own bedtime story.听 And I think my children are going to be delighted.听听 My favourite part of the course has been to write a story that has been in me for a long time that I think my children will enjoy and maybe pass on to their children.鈥澨�

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Menna Salter

Menna Salter - A pond reflection

A poem about life by the pond.

"It鈥檚 been nice to meet people that are similar to me and enjoy doing creative stuff.听 We鈥檝e all learnt off one another and gelled together well, we鈥檝e all bounced ideas off one another, been brainstorming ideas together.听 It is amazing how all the books are so different and individual.听 All the books have a different theme and a different approach to it which I think we鈥檝e all found quite refreshing because we can all get ideas from one another and it鈥檚 been a really good experience.听 I鈥檝e really enjoyed myself.鈥�

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