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Every Tuesday we will be sharing a poem from one of our wonderful Pen to Print and Write On! contributors. We hope you enjoy!**The Reader Became The Bookafter Wallace Stevens, "The House Was Quiet And The World Was Calm" Sitting in the garden shed. I‘m holding a book in my hands, It is my afternoon company.I’m reading Tom’s Midnight Garden, absorbing its worldand the rhythm echos in my head: ‘Night’s Winged Horses No one can replace Midnight is no moment Midnight is a place.’ Silence, except for my breathbreathing in timewith the rhythms of the words; the turning of each page, A full stop. Silence within the silence of the garden shed. I know Grandma will be home soon, but even so, the afternoon stretches endlessly. I am nine, a latchkey kid, sitting reading in the shed,safe away from strangers, only looking up sometimes to watch the spiders hanging in their webs, the pink camellias moving in the wind. (c) Julie DexterRead by Maslen George ... See MoreSee Less

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World Cup Creative Writing Workshops with Hugh Prior - Second SessionWhen: 25 August, 1.30-3.30pmWhere: Valence HouseFREEBook via Ticket Tailor: www.tickettailor.com/events/valencehousemuseum/2303218Laid back and friendly poetry, flash fiction and short story workshop commemorating and celebrating the 60th anniversary of 1966, Wembley, Bobby Moore, Sir Alf Ramsey and all that has followed. With an emphasis on how the local heroes of Barking and Dagenham contributed most to the historic World Cup win for the nation.Incorporating artefacts, stories, history, scandals, memorable moments, highs and lows, facts and figures from 1966 and all the football that has followed.Come along and celebrate the nation’s 2026 return to World Cup glory! (Or use this workshop as a chance of cathartic healing after the hope has simply hurt once more.) ... See MoreSee Less

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