Zoom Writing Workshops
Be Inspired with a Zoom Writing Workshop
Join us in our Zoom classroom for a writing workshop from professional writers. You will be guided through a variety of techniques that will help you to develop your writing skills.
This is a great opportunity to improve your writing and make friends with others on the same journey as you. The sessions are exciting, stretching, lots of fun, and give you the confidence to take your writing forward. Only 10 places per workshop.
The workshops are suitable for beginners and the more experienced writer.
For more details, and to sign-up, click on the workshop title.
Starting May 2025
Make Money with Non-Fiction Writing with Esther Chilton - In this workshop Esther takes you step-by-step through the process of earning some extra cash from non-fiction writing.
Two-session workshop: Tuesday 13th and 20th May 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
An Introduction to Poetry with Mandy Pannett - Start to write poetry in this fun, interactive workshop.
Two-session workshop: Wednesday 14th and 21st May 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
New: Let’s Start Writing with Esther Chilton - This workshop is ideal for those who have never written before and those wishing to find out if they would like to take their writing further.
Two-session workshop: Thursday 15th and 22nd May 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
Starting June 2025
Novel Know-how with Esther Chilton - Learn the fundamentals of how to write a novel. Esther takes you step-by-step through the process of putting your novel together. Ideal for those who want to start on a novel or are floundering with their book.
Eight-session workshop: Tuesday 3rd June 2025 until 22nd July 2025 at 7PM - £199.99
Poetry Next Stage with Mandy Pannett - Learn how the words your choose for your poem can change the meaning, mood and atmosphere of your work.
Two-session workshop: Wednesday 4th and 11th June 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
An Introduction to Writing Books for Children with Rob Keeley
In this fun and exciting workshop you learn how to kick-start your project of writing a book for children that will sell.
Two-session workshop: Thursday 19th and 26th June 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
Starting July 2025
Poetry Further Progression with Mandy Pannett - Mandy shows you how to create depth and layers to your poems as well as looking at current trends in poetry.
Two-session workshop: Wednesday 2nd and 9th July 2025 at 7PM - £49.99
Esther Chilton
Since joining The Writers Bureau as a student many years ago, Esther hasn’t looked back and now writes and tutors full-time. She regularly has articles and short stories published in a variety of newspapers and magazines in the UK and abroad, ranging from The Guardian, to The People’s Friend, to Writing Magazine. As well as winning writing competitions herself, Esther has judged many, including Writers’ Forum magazine’s monthly short story competition. She is currently working with a publisher on a range of non-fiction books on writing.
Rob Keeley
Rob Keeley is an award-winning author of children's novels, short stories and picture books, including the Spirits series. Other credits include the award-listed stage play Mr. Everyone, the murder mystery Death At Friar's Inn, and Chain Gang and Newsjack for BBC Radio. He holds author workshops in schools and libraries, and teaches Creative Writing to children and adults.
For more information on Rob, visit www.robkeeley.co.uk or follow him on Twitter/X @RobKeeleyAuthor.
For more information on Rob, visit www.robkeeley.co.uk or follow him on Twitter/X @RobKeeleyAuthor.
Mandy Pannett
Mandy Pannett lives in West Sussex. She taught children with special needs for many years but now works freelance as a creative writing tutor for adults.
Her poetry pamphlet ‘The Daedalus Files’ was published by SPM Publications in 2021. Five poetry collections have been previously published: ‘Bee Purple’ and ‘Frost Hollow’ (Oversteps Books), ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing), ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications), ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A selection of her poems, ‘Ladders of Glass’, was issued by Integral Contemporary Literature Press with English and Romanian parallel texts.
She enjoys writing short fiction as well and two years ago won a national competition for Vignette writing. She has also judged competitions for Flash Fiction. Two novellas have been published by Independent Presses: ‘The Onion Stone’ (Pewter Rose Press) and ‘The Wulf Enigma’ (Circaidy Gregory Press).
Mandy was also poetry editor for five years for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and has edited anthologies and poetry collections for them and for Earlyworks Press. She has acted as an adjudicator for national competitions and won prizes and been placed herself in several others.
For the last eighteen months she has been collaborating with artist Polly Dutton and musicians Terry Pack and The Full Circle Quartet on ‘The South Downs Suite’, a poetry/music/art project inspired by the South Downs. The Suite is currently being performed at several venues in the area and a book of all the art work and poetry is on sale at events and in galleries and museums.
Her poetry pamphlet ‘The Daedalus Files’ was published by SPM Publications in 2021. Five poetry collections have been previously published: ‘Bee Purple’ and ‘Frost Hollow’ (Oversteps Books), ‘Allotments in the Orbital’ (Searle Publishing), ‘All the Invisibles’ (SPM Publications), ‘Jongleur in the Courtyard’ (Indigo Dreams Publishing). A selection of her poems, ‘Ladders of Glass’, was issued by Integral Contemporary Literature Press with English and Romanian parallel texts.
She enjoys writing short fiction as well and two years ago won a national competition for Vignette writing. She has also judged competitions for Flash Fiction. Two novellas have been published by Independent Presses: ‘The Onion Stone’ (Pewter Rose Press) and ‘The Wulf Enigma’ (Circaidy Gregory Press).
Mandy was also poetry editor for five years for Sentinel Literary Quarterly and has edited anthologies and poetry collections for them and for Earlyworks Press. She has acted as an adjudicator for national competitions and won prizes and been placed herself in several others.
For the last eighteen months she has been collaborating with artist Polly Dutton and musicians Terry Pack and The Full Circle Quartet on ‘The South Downs Suite’, a poetry/music/art project inspired by the South Downs. The Suite is currently being performed at several venues in the area and a book of all the art work and poetry is on sale at events and in galleries and museums.