I have led various writing workshops for arts centres, organisations and charities, including: Spread The Word, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, the Barbican, the Albany, Entelechy Arts, National Youth Orchestra, Headway East London, Floating Classroom, Future Men, Westminster Befriend A Family, Dragon Café, etc., in-person and online. For the past fie years, I've supported award-winning writers / artists in editing their prose and poetry, and offering detailed feedback to develop their work.
The passion, care and commitment I offer in all areas of my work has led to sustained relationships with these different organisations. I have taught creative writing to classes in primary settings, and as a tutor, work with primary, secondary and university students on their study of English Language and Literature.
During my BA studies at the University of Oxford, I ran consent workshops and was a Respondent for Sexual Violence at Brasenose College. Additionally, I volunteered for TeachFirst in their university access programme for state school students, Futures (2014-2018), which I attended as a sixth-former. I also volunteer for a mental health charity which offers support via phone/email to people in crisis.
My workshops are crafted to fit the desired outcomes and needs of the participants I'm supporting – I consistently receive stellar feedback about the sensitive, generative and welcoming spaces I create, offering people the chance to embrace their creativity. Get in touch if you'd like to discuss any potential projects.
Read about some examples of past projects below:
Ran creative writing workshops and one-on-one feedback sessions during a residential writing retreat for academics/ researchers working in the University of Kent's Schools of Laws, Sociology and Social Policy in June 2022.
Ran an Easter Course in April 2022 with Guildhall School of Music and Drama for Young People, on writing poetry. An anthology of the participants poems is readable here, and I'll be returning in October 2023 to run an October course.
Running writing and performance workshops with National Youth Orchestra, to create words and spoken moments during their concerts at the Barbican and Warwick Arts Centre in January 2022. The first concert was broadcast on Radio 3.
A poem written in collaboration with older residents during workshops, was chosen as the basis of artistic workshops at Greenvale School.
An anthology of collaborative poems created using the voices of Lewisham elders called ‘The Elders’ Garden of Verse’, as part of Entelechy Art's Meet Me On The Move project.
Following 12 remote telephone workshops working with elders in Lewisham, Annie wrote collective poems, using their words. Extracts from conversations and poems from the workshops are showcased on the Meet Me Radio show, Resonance FM.
A step-by-step guide commissioned by Young Barbican Nights for communities to write poetry in response to Masculinities exhibition. Anthology of poems created here.
An anthology of poems by young people written in response to Annie's workshop 'Writing the Image' in conjunction with the Barbican's Masculinities exhibition.
Barbican article on a poetic partnership with Headway East London (HEL), co–facilitated with Tice Cin and Zahrah Sheikh, responding to Daria Martin’s exhibition Tonight The World.
A digital showcase of the work created during a 12–week project working with residents in an assisted living scheme in Lewisham, in conjunction with Writerz & Scribez, the Albany and Lewisham Homes.
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