Building Community One Story at a Time: Creative Events, Storytelling, Live Literature Events, Writer Development
October’s newsletter has been a long time coming. This month’s edition features a reminder of the month’s theme and an update of our upcoming project.
If you would like to get involved, please let us know. What do we need? We’ll be looking for an editor and a grant writer. For more information, read the newsletter.
Happy Reading!
Just in time for Trick or Treat, this month’s Stories at the Storey theme is “ghosts” (loosely explored).
Ghosts. They haunt us, appearing when we least expect it, often when we most need it. Slipping through time and space, they take residence in our minds, our memories, and the walls, returning, like the past, with warnings, news, memories and stories.
Ghosts are everywhere and so are their stories. This month Stories at the Storey’s theme is “ghosts” (loosely interpreted). We’re looking for ghost stories about events, relationships, people, and anything else that haunts you.
Have a true story to share? Email (storiesatthestorey@gmail.com) to sign up for your 3-5-minute (2-4 pages A4) open-mic slot.
Not sure you’re ready to read your true story? That’s fine too. Come by and listen. If you would like to share a story but want us to offer some feedback, get in touch. We can help you get your story ready.
When: Thursday, October 25, 7-8 PM
Where: Printroom Café, Lancaster
Sponsored by Graduate College, Stories at the Storey is a pay what you decide event. Readers are not asked to or expected to pay. Order free tickets via Eventbrite.
Calling all writers, storytellers, friends, and anyone with a true story to share!
Maybe it’s a feeling, a state, a place, or a name. This month Stories at the Storey’s theme is “joy” (loosely interpreted). Joy can be fleeting, elusive, meaningful, and something in between. We’re looking for stories that explore, capture, share, or inspire joy in its many meanings, forms, and guises.
Have a true story to share? Email (storiesatthestorey@gmail.com) to sign up for your 3-5-minute (2-4 pages A4) open-mic slot.
Not sure you’re ready to read your true story? That’s fine too. Come by and listen. If you would like to share a story but want us to offer some feedback, get in touch. We can help you get your story ready.
When: Thursday, September 27, 7-8 PM
Where: Printroom Café, Lancaster
Sponsored by Graduate College, Stories at the Storey is a pay what you decide event. Readers are not asked to or expected to pay. Order free tickets via Eventbrite.
We did it!
This month we launched our newsletter through Mailchimp. The newsletter includes this month’s Stories at the Storey theme, reflections on last month’s theme, and questions for you about our proposed anthology.
To celebrate four years of stories, we want to create an anthology that we’re proud of. We want to share some of the best stories we’ve heard with people who aren’t able to attend Stories at the Storey. I’m leaning towards an audio book. The term doesn’t quite capture the magic I want to convey; the intimacy of a well-told story with an engaging narrator: a conversation. What do you think?
If you haven’t had a chance to read it, please sign up via the contact form or email us at northwestliteraryarts@gmail.com.
Happy September!
This month’s edition of North West Literary Arts features brief insights into last month’s Stories at the Storey and reflections on our first Lancaster Pub Hub. We also reveal August’s theme and issue a call for volunteers.
Finally, we share our top tips for reading at Stories at the Storey.
I’m going to be exploring other options for the newsletter to make it more accessible. I know quite a few organizations use Mailchimp. I’ve tried it a few times but I can’t get it to work for me.
I’m considering audio. Until then, you can read it here: North West Literary Arts Newsletter August 2018
If you have ideas about an engaging newsletter format (that’s intuitive to use) let me know.
Thanks,
Yvonne at North West Literary Arts
Things aren’t always as they seem. Sometimes people, experiences, cars, opportunities, and gravity let us down or seem to turn against us. This month’s Stories at the Storey theme is betrayal (loosely interpreted).
We’re looking for true stories about betrayals of the heart, the mind, the body, and anything in between. Sometimes we are betrayed, sometimes we betray other people, other times, we betray ourselves. Whatever the circumstances, however you define “betrayal” we’d love to hear your true story.
Have a true story to share? Email (storiesatthestorey@gmail.com) message, tweet us to sign up for your 3-5-minute (2-4 pages A4) slot.
Not sure you’re ready to read your true story? That’s fine too. Come by and listen. If you would like to share a story but want us to offer some feedback, get in touch. We can help you get your story ready.
When: Thursday, July 26, 7-8 PM
Where: Printroom Café & Bar, The Storey, Lancaster
Sponsored by Lancaster University Graduate College, Stories at The Storey is a pay what you decide event. Order free tickets via Eventbrite.
I apologize for the late delivery of this month’s news! July’s newsletter includes this month’s theme, information about how we hope to celebrate our four-year anniversary, and a call for a July co-host to help me host Stories at the Storey this month.
Have news to share? Get in touch.
North West Literary Arts Newsletter July 2018
Happy July!
In June’s edition of the North West Literary Arts Newsletter, we are sharing highlights and insights from May’s events and revealing June’s theme for Stories at the Storey.
I’ve also included a call for your tips, advice, insights, best practice, and stories that we can share on hosting events, applying for funding, and more. We would like to create a network (join our Facebook Group Create if you haven’t already done so) where we can share information and resources. We need to support one another.
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If you have booked an event with us through Eventbrite, please note that while we will continue to use Eventbrite to sell tickets, as of May 24th 2018, we will no longer automatically send invitations to upcoming events. Instead, you will have the opportunity to opt-in if you choose to receive event notifications. As well as on event sites, we publish and advertise our events on our website, in the On Literary Facebook group, on our North West Literary Salon Twitter, and on our North West Literary Arts Instagram.
Our newsletter is available on our website, our Patreon listing, or via email. The newsletter includes information about upcoming events, opportunities or calls to collaborate, organizational news, and writing tips. If you would like to be added to the mailing list, please email us at northwestliteraryarts (at) gmail.com. If at any time you wish to unsubscribe from the newsletter, please email us at northwestliteraryarts (at) gmail.com.
In this month’s newsletter, we’re talking about last month’s Stories at the Storey, upcoming events (you’re all invited), and breaking through writers’ block. Here is this month’s newsletter: North West Literary Arts Newsletter May 2018
Dates to remember:
May 29th: we are hosting an evening with Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi and Naomi Kruger. If you’d like to join us at our free literary salon in London, please order a free ticket via Eventbrite.
May 31: Funding Your Creativity, the Arts Council will be joining us to discuss funding your creative practice/project. The panel will include discussion of grants as well as ticketing, crowd funding, and collaborations. We have creatives joining us from a number of practices and disciplines. If you’re near Lancaster, order your free ticket via Eventbrite and contact us to make a one-to-one appointment with the Arts Councils Alison Boyle. During the one-to-one you’ll be able to talk about projects, applications, etc…
Thanks and Happy May!