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Meet the Team

Management Team

Beverley Ward

FOUNDER & DIRECTOR

(Writer, Writing Coach)

Lorna Partington Walsh

(Editor, Writer)

Rosie Carnall

(Writer, Creative Facilitator)

Hannah Boursnell

Hannah Boursnell is an editor and copywriter with 15 years’ experience in nonfiction publishing, most recently at Little Brown. Now freelance, Hannah provides editorial services to various UK publishers and indie writers of nonfiction.

Hannah is offering regular nonfiction meetups and occasional masterclasses.

Anna writes historical crime fiction, and her debut novel was shortlisted for the CWA Debut Dagger prize.

An experienced communications and PR professional, Anna works with traditionally, indie, and self-published writers to find their brand and find a wider audience.

Bryony Doran

Bryony Doran is an author, poet and coach. In 2009, she published her first novel, The China Bird, which won the 2009 Hookline Novel Competition. In 2013, she published her short story collection, The Sand Eggs. Her poetry collection, Bullet Proof, was published in 2016 by Bloodaxe.

Bryony currently offers writing-for-wellbeing classes.

Susan Elliot Wright

Susan Elliot Wright is the bestselling author of five novels, most recently All You Ever Wanted (Simon & Schuster, 2022) and her accalimed novel, The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood (2019). A trained journalist, Susan has also published ten nonfiction books on health-related topics. A former associate lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow, Susan is an experienced tutor and mentor.

Suzannah Evans

Suzannah is a poet and writer based in Sheffield. She has published 2 collections of poetry, Near Future and Space Baby , with Nine Arches Press. Her first chapbook was a winner in the Poetry Business competition 2012, and a second chapbook is published by Bad Betty Press (June 2024). Suzannah Evans's work combines climate anxiety and eco-poetry with dark humour and irreverence, and has been described as 'doom-pop poetry with an apocalyptic edge.'

Anne Grange

Anne Grange is a Sheffield-based writer with an MA in Writing from Sheffield Hallam University.

With her experience of self-publishing, Anne has helped many people publish their books.

Anne offers Creative Life Writing workshops and heads the Climate Crisis Writers Meetup and Herding Cats Poetry Meetup.

Sarah Jay Hawley

Sarah Jay Hawley is a platinum-winning singer/songwriter with a career spanning thirty years, best known for writing and singing “Dissolved Girl” on Massive Attack’s album Mezzanine. She is currently working on a multi-artform memoir (comprising spoken-word performance, songs, and a book) called “Zen, Drugs n Rock n Roll.”

Sarah is currently offering songwriting workshops.

Tom Juniper

Tom Juniper is a writer, performance poet and workshop leader. They have published two collections of poetry: Historical Plans Of How Romans Made Drains (Picaroon, 2017) and Monstrous (Allographic, 2022). They have taken two solo shows to the Edinburgh Fringe and have performed their work around the UK, United States and Europe.

Amanda Marples

Amanda Marples is a writer, freelancer and mentor from Rotherham. She is the author of The Healing Workbook (2023), and her short stories and articles have appeared in various publications. As someone with ADHD and Tourette’s Syndrome, she runs workshops and provides mentoring for fellow neurodivergent writers, which involves supporting them to get to the page … and stay there.

Sally O'Reilly

Sally O’Reilly is the author of How to be a Writer: The Definitive Guide to Making a Living from Writing (Piatkus/Hachette) and the novel Dark Aemilia (Myriad Editions/Picador US), which was nominated for the Kirkus Prize. Her short stories have been published internationally, and she has been shortlisted for the Cosmopolitan and Ian St James short story prize. She is the co-editor of Creative Writing: A Workbook with Readings (OU/Routledge, 2022).

Carmel Page

Carmel Page is an acclaimed oral storyteller, enchanting audiences across the region. She has written Yorkshire Folk Tales (for The History Press) and she has also self-published. She co-runs Story Forge, a storytelling club for adults. She also performs with a troupe of Flying Teddy Bears. Carmel offers support with storytelling, performance, writing for adults and children, and creativity.

Russ Thomas

Russ Thomas was born in Essex, raised in Berkshire, and now lives in Sheffield. He is the bestselling author of the DS Adam Tyler series, set in Sheffield: Firewatching (2020, Waterstones Thriller of the Month), Nighthawking (2021, Sunday Times Book of the Month), and Cold Reckoning (2022). He now writes full-time and mentors new writers. 

Raquel Vogl

Raquel Vogl is an American writer, musician, and teacher. Raquel loves helping people find their creative voice and has taught English and writing at the City University of New York and the Queens Library.

She is at work on a collection of short stories. In her musical life, she has released multiple records and toured the United States with her band, Persona, recently releasing a record on the label Sonido Polifonico.

Associate Groups

Sheffield Authors

Formed in 2015, Sheffield Authors membership is open to everyone who considers themselves a Sheffield author. SA celebrates and showcases Sheffield's writers, provides support and advice to fellow authors through the network, offers workshops, and hosts a website. They are constantly looking for ways to connect with readers, share experience, and promote their work. They run bookstalls at various local events.

Sheffield Novelists

Open to all writers working on a novel from Sheffield and the surrounding area who are interested in getting feedback on works in progress. It doesn’t matter if you’re just starting out, or if you already have several novels under your belt, you’ll be very welcome.

Membership of the group is free, and it meets on the third Monday of every month at 7.30pm. To join, visit the website.

Lapidus Sheffield

Lapidus Sheffield meets (mostly online) once a month to write together, with different group members facilitating a writing-for-wellbeing activity. New activities to be scheduled.

Lapidus Sheffield is part of Lapidus International. Members come from a range of fields – writers, health workers. counsellors, therapists, teachers and more. https://www.lapidus.org.uk/writing-for-wellbeing

Your Group Here!

If you’re part of a writing group, consider joining the Writers Workshop! Contact Beverley Ward for information.

Are you a published novelist, poet or nonfiction writer and fancy joining the Writers Workshop as an Associate and helping our members develop? If so, visit the Contact page and let us know!

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Regular events and groups.

We host and run a wide range of events and activities across all our libraries including:

• talks, reading events and theatre
• children and families events
• social events
• classes and workshops
• life skills and advice

Details of some of our regular groups and meetings are provided here. You can also keep up-to-date with our latest news by following us on Facebook and Twitter.

Coffee mornings

• Ecclesall Library: first and third Thursday in the month, 10am to 12noon
• Firth Park Library: every Friday, 9.30am to 12.30pm
• Highfield Library: every Wednesday, 10am to 12noon
• Hillsborough Library: every Friday, 10am to 12 noon
• Newfield Green Library: every Friday, 9.30am to 11.30am

Art & craft groups

• Crystal Peaks Library: - Women's Craft Group for over 60s, Mondays, 10am to 12noon - Knit and Natter, Thursdays, 10am to 12noon - Cross Stitch Club, first, third and fourth Tuesday in the month, 9.30am to 12.30pm - Stitches Circle, Thursdays, 1.15pm to 3.15pm - Brush Strokes Painting Group, Fridays, 2pm to 4pm
• Ecclesall Library: Knit and Natter, Mondays, 10.30am to 12noon. Contact the library for details
• Firth Park Library: Bizzy Fingers, Mondays, 10.30am to 11.30am
• Hillsborough Library: Stitches and Stories reading and craft group, every third Monday in the month. Contact the library for details
• Stocksbridge Library: Knitting and Chat, second and fourth Saturday in the month, 10am to 12noon. Contact the library for details

Other social groups

• Crystal Peaks Library:  - Crystal Peaks Bereavement Drop-in Centre, Fridays, 10am to 12noon - Opportunity to meet with other people who have experienced loss. There is an informal atmosphere and coffee and tea are served. For anyone wishing to speak privately there is a separate room available
• Manor Library: - Agewell Friendship Circle, alternate Fridays from 1pm to 4pm. Contact the library for information - Manor Social Cafe 'Springboard', alternate Mondays, 10am to 4pm. - Drop in for people who want to get out and meet new people or boost their confidence and self-esteem

All times stated are term time only, unless stated otherwise: Stocksbridge (Y1 to Y4): last Tuesday of the month, 3:45 to 4:45 (term time only) Highfield (Y1 to Y3) please contact the library for more information

Chatterbooks

All times quoted are term time only, unless stated otherwise: Central Children’s and Young People’s Library (Y3 to Y6): please contact the library for more information Ecclesall Library (Y3 to Y7): third Friday of the month, 4pm to 4:45pm Highfield Library (Y3 to Y7): second Saturday of the month 10:30am to 11:30am Stocksbridge Library (Y5 to Y9): second Tuesday of the month, 3:45pm to 4:45pm Woodseats Library (Y3 to Y7): first Monday of the month, 4pm to 4:45pm

Hive Young Writers

Hive Young Writers Sheffield is a free writing group for young people aged 14 to 19. It is held at the Central Children's Library fortnightly on Wednesdays during term time, 5:30pm to 7:30pm. The group supports young people to develop their writing through a wide range of creative writing workshops, visiting writers and related writing projects and opportunities. The group is informal and friendly and refreshments are provided. You don’t have to think you’re a great writer to attend, you just need a keenness to try new things!

Babytime sessions (0 to 18 months)

All times quoted are term time only unless stated otherwise:

• Ecclesall Library: Wednesdays, 2pm to 3pm
• Firth Park Library: Tuesdays, 10:30am to 11:30am
• Highfield Library: Fridays, 11:15am to midday
• Hillsborough Library: Tuesdays, 10am to 11am
• Manor Library: Mondays, 10:30am to 11:30am
• Woodseats Library: Mondays, 2pm to 2:45pm

Bumps and babies

• Stocksbridge Library: Wednesdays, 1:30pm to 2:30pm

Baby and Toddler times (0 to 5 years old)

• Darnall Library: Tuesdays, 10:30am to 11:15am
• Parson Cross: Fridays, 10:30am to 11:30am

Toddlertime sessions (1 to 3 years old)

All times quoted are term time only, unless stated otherwise:

• Ecclesall Library: please contact the library for more information
• Stocksbridge: Mondays, 10:30am to 11:15am 
• Woodseats Library: Fridays, 2pm to 2:45pm

Rhymetime sessions (18 months to 4 years old)

This session is term time only:

• Crystal Peaks Library: Mondays, 10:15 am to 11am (the group is full as of Summer 2023 so please contact the library for more information)
• Highfield Library: Wednesdays, 11:15am to midday

Tales and Tunes (under 5s):

• Central Children’s and Young People’s Library: Mondays and Fridays, 11am to midday (term time only)

Storytime sessions (under 5s)

• Stocksbridge Library: Tuesdays, 10:30am to 11:15am (term time only)

Writing groups

Are you the next J K Rowling or Stephen King? Would you like to share your writing with others for constructive feedback? Got a book inside you but need the inspiration to get started? Need the confidence to begin formulating ideas for storylines and characters?

Poetry groups

An informal group for anyone with an interest of poetry. From Carol Ann Duffy to Edward Lear, bring along your favourite poem, feel free to bring your own, or just sit back, relax and enjoy.  

The perfect way to start the weekend.

Both groups meet monthly in the Central Library Biographies Room, 10.30am to 12noon. For a list of upcoming dates, visit our online events booking page or contact the Central Library.

Over 50 and love talking about sport? 

Whether it is cricket, rugby, football, boxing, snooker or athletics, share your sporting memories with other sports fans over old photographs, newspaper articles and memorabilia. 

Informative, friendly and free groups, now running at the following libraries and you're welcome to just drop in:

• Crystal Peaks Library: every Tuesday, from 10:30 to 12noon 
• Ecclesall Library: every Wednesday, from 10:30am to 12noon 
• Firth Park Library: every Monday, from 10:30am to 11.30am 
• Manor Library: every Wednesday, from 10:30am to 12noon        
• Parson Cross Library: every Monday, from 10:30am to 12noon 
• Woodseats Library: every Friday, from 10.:30am to 12noon 

Contact the library for more information about the groups.

The Business and Intellectual Property (IP) Centre Sheffield in partnership with the British Library Business and IP Centre National Network, is a vital resource for entrepreneurs, innovators and business start-ups.

Based on the ground floor of the Central Library in the city centre, we provide you with the ideal tools to research your business with a range of business databases, trade publications, business literature and guides to support your business information needs.

Business & IP Sheffield is the go-to hub for information on Intellectual Property and offers a wide range of workshops, events and networking opportunities tailored to help you to understand all you need to know about protecting your business idea from the very start. If you are interested in attending one of the sessions listed below or finding out more about upcoming sessions, please get in touch.

Business Clinics

We also deliver a range of 1:1 clinics and advice sessions.

First Steps to Marketing Clinics

These are 1:1 sessions. Get free advice on marketing your business and developing your business plan. These are offered by appointment only, please call or email to book. 

Patent Clinics

Each month a Patent Attorney will give free advice during a 45 minute session to support you with developing and protecting your ideas. There will also be the opportunity to look through a database with a member of staff who can help you check the subject of your invention or advise you on how the library can help. A deposit of £10 is required to secure this booking.

Trademark Clinics

Each month a Patent Attorney will give free advice during a 45 minute session to support you with developing and protecting your brand. A deposit of £10 is required to secure this booking.

Innovator in Residence

Our Innovator in Residence, Roger Tipple, runs free information sessions where you can discuss your ideas, ask advice and draw upon his vast experience in the world of Business and Intellectual Property (IP). Roger is a serial innovator who has created, developed and exploited his own inventions and other people's and whose company, Tipple Associates, has many years’ experience in successful product innovation.

Workshops & talks 

We deliver an ongoing series of talks and workshops on various aspects of building your business. These include:

• researching your market
• introduction to Copyright
• know Your IP
• introduction to Social Media for business
• talks from successful and inspiring entrepreneurs

Teach yourself books

Research tools from the eLibrary (all you need is your library card number):

• planning your career in a week
• run your own business
• succeeding at interviews in a week
• successful business communication in a week
• successful job hunting in a week
• successful people management in a week
• successful pitching in a weeks
• successful public speaking in a week

Work Clubs (Manor & Castle Development Trust)

• Crystal Peaks Library, 1-3 Peak Square, Waterthorpe, S20 7PH: Thursday from 10:00am to 12noon
• Manor Library, Ridgeway Road (Manor Park), S12 2SS: Thursdays from 10am to 12noon

Book an appointment

Office opening times: Monday to Thursday, 9am to 5pm and Friday 9am to 4.30pm.

Telephone 0114 265 5145

Community Space 52-54 Manor Park Centre Sheffield S2 1WE

Citizens Advice Bureau sessions

Sheffield Citizens Advice Bureau is running advice sessions at the following libraries:

• Manor Library: Thursdays, 10am to 12noon
• Woodseats Library: Thursdays, 9.30am to 1pm for initial assessment drop-in

Sheffield Credit Union

Information Points:

• Firth Park Library: Wednesdays, 10 to 11am
• Parson Cross Library
• Crystal Peaks Library

Information Points are where people can become members, check their balances, request withdrawals, apply for loans and join the Christmas Savings Club.

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CAST is a friendly group of artists, writers and people who want to try out being creative for the first time.

CAST is one of the community enterprises supported by Sheffield Flourish.

CAST run mental health friendly and fun weekly art and writing groups, and monthly open mic sessions.

We also run an annual exhibition of attendee’s artwork.

“I’m so proud to be part of this exhibition. I even told the taxi driver. I want to tell all my friends” Mandy – CAST art group attendee

Regular groups

You can find out more about the locations and times on the Sheffield Mental Health Guide , but here’s the three main CAST activities:

• Art for Wellbeing : for anyone who likes to create art of all kinds. Beginners welcome! 

Writing and storytelling: whether you write regularly or are completely new to writing, this is a friendly and silly group

• Artists Gathering Open Mic Sessions: at this monthly all abilities open mic session you’re welcome to just watch, or play a song or share a poem. Run in partnership with Open Door Music .

“It has helped me to get out of the house and meet people, to gain confidence and to keep writing, of the latter of which is quite important to me. Also they have nice biscuits!” CAST writing group attendee

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As part of a commission for HSBC’s Grosvenor House, CAST created this mural consisting of 36 individual pieces of artwork, showcasing famous landmarks from across Sheffield. Click on this interactive map to see the artwork.

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Email: [email protected] Call: 0114 273 7009

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Our basic membership includes: discounts on all Writers Workshop workshops and Meet-ups (including Beverley's) The opportunity to join selected Writers Workshop events free of charge Membership of the Slack community where you can access peer support and our writing community Submission, competition and other writing opportunities Exclusive resources via our Members Area 5% discounts on selected Associate's services (editing, coaching, mentoring, manuscript feedback) £6 a month or £70 pa

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Creative Writing

Contact the adviser

My aim is to help those setting up new groups and to encourage and support existing group leaders. Contact me if you encounter problems. Let me know too, when something has gone well. If you find a book, a method or a one-off exercise that works for you, it is likely to work for other groups too. So tell me about it please, so I can share your ideas with others, perhaps in a newsletter.

Marcia Humphries,

Subject Adviser for Creative Writing.

Starting a New Creative Writing Group.

1. Check with your U3A Committee that they agree to the starting of a new group. They may  be able to help with publicity for it, a venue & advise on timing to fit-in with other interest groups. They may already have a note of people who would like such a group.

2. Try to limit the group size to 10 or less. At this stage, you may be looking for members. Approach existing groups within your U3A like the book club, poetry, literature or storytelling for likely writers if this is the case.

3. The usual format for groups is that at the end of a session a topic/writing prompt is given to be written on by next time. Good not to lay down rules, especially at first, so a poem or story or an article are all acceptable. At the next session, people read out their work for comments from the others. Go easy on this until the group start to feel comfortable with each other, but say something or people feel their efforts have been wasted. Keeping numbers down allows time for everyone to read, but make clear it’s fine to come along if you haven’t been able to write this time. Try to allow time for a writing exercise during the meeting (lots of ideas in the Handbook...see point 5).

4. Download the current newsletter at the bottom of this page full of ideas, reports, competitions, news from other groups.

5. Download a copy of the Creative Writing Handbook, mentioned later on this page.

6. If you have questions about starting-up which are not answered by this page, e-mail me about them and I will try to help.

7. Let me know that you've set up a group so I can add you to the mailing list to receive future Newsletters This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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    , how to get published; some practical advice with alysoun owen.

Alysoun Owen , Editor of the bestselling Writers' & Artists' Yearbook, has commissioned several books on writing and publishing for Bloomsbury. She has worked in publishing and literature in the UK and overseas for over 30 years.

In this special talk exclusively for u3a members, Alysoun shares her experiences and knowledge of the publishing process by providing advice about the options available to authors. 

Your Unique Creative Writing

Writer Anne Ludlow, author of The Gentleness of Steel, outlines the basic tools needed for creative writing and how to use them, in a workshop for u3a members. 

u3a Across Scotland Poetry Group

It is a lovely example of how well Zoom can work for writers. The  members are comfortable with each other, despite the group never having met in  person. There is critique of the work read out, all given in a supportive way.

Writing group – CAST

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Last updated: 18th Sep 2023

Activity Information

The CAST writing group is a friendly group which uses writing to promote mental wellbeing. The group is suitable for people of all abilities. You can go even if you don’t think of yourself as ‘a writer’.

The group runs weekly, every Wednesday.

The group is run by Neil from Creative Arts Support Team (CAST) a group of mental health service users, volunteers and workers who use arts for mental health and wellbeing.

Please note: events may not be running on bank holidays and over the Christmas period. Please double check with the organiser (before attending) if you are unsure.

Contact Information

0114 273 7009

Organised by Organised by Creative Arts Support Team (CAST)

Creative Arts Support Team (CAST) uses a variety of arts activities to support mental health and wellbeing.

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