Get to know Nicola Gharibpour-Power
I was about told Writing Room at a local food bank and got a Bursary Place. I was on group therapy for depression but I...
Get to know… Nazrene Hanif
Writing is often seen as a solitary experience when really it is a team effort. From Virginia Woolf to Ocean Vuong, bell hooks to Maggie...
Get to know… Hannah Griffiths
An in-person course in a different part of London would not have been possible for me, but the switch to online life brought possibilities.
Get to know… Sonia Hope
Writing Room encourages community by keeping in touch with past and present students, inviting them to take part in further courses and projects. I am...
Get to know… John Stephens
What I find most inspiring about what Writing Room has to offer is the sharing of work and sensitive intelligent reading and feedback that is...
Get to know… Krishnendu Mukherjee
With time on my hands, Writing Room became my new friend! I have done so many courses at Writing Room now that I feel that...
Get to know… Wendy Shearer
My name is Wendy Shearer, and I’m a mum to two amazing daughters and two incredibly cheeky kittens. I’m an author and professional storyteller, regularly...
Get to know… Carl Heap
I was the founding Artistic Director of the ‘ground-breaking ‘ ‘legendary’ Medieval Players theatre company, which for 10 years toured the length and breadth of the UK...
Get to know… Sandra Howell
It is no exaggeration to say that writing is like breathing for me, it is instinctive, as a result of over three decades of writing....
Get to know… Alan White
I’m a retired academic and have been writing poetry for almost fifty years. Over the last two years I have also started to also write...