Auchterarder Book Festival - Workshops

Auchterarder Book Festival - Workshops 

Auchterarder Book Festival returns for a fourth year! Meet new authors, find new great reads and explore your creative side with our interactive workshops.

Creative Writing Workshop 11am- 1pm: Plotting for Film and Novel with Gail McPartland
Learn how to keep your plot moving from start to finish and how to lead the unconscious mind as the plot unfolds. This interactive workshop includes practical exercises to try out what you learn.

Etching Into Photographs 11am-1pm: Illustrated Initials with Jenni Gudgeon
Using this easy technique, design and etch your own illustrated initials into a photograph.No ink or paint is used, as the process reveals colours which lie hidden under the surface of every photo.All photographs and equipment supplied.

Poetry Workshop 1.30-3.30PM – Maps, Myths and Memory: Writing About Place with Jennie Turnbull, Innerpeffrey poet-in-residence
This workshop uses a variety of written and visual prompts to explore both interior and exterior landscapes.What draws us to a place? What makes it home, or leaves us out in the cold?How might we create utopia – or dystopia?

Trial By Jury with Mark Bridgeman -Will You Send a Man to the Gallows?4-5.30pm
Best-selling author Mark Bridgeman presents a real-life historic murder trial, taking on the role of judge and barristers for the defence and prosecution. As the audience, you become the jury!You will listen to the case and vote on the verdict.Guilty or not guilty – you decide. Mark will then reveal the actual verdict and tell what really happened.

All events are held in rooms accessible only by a flight of stairs.

Barrier-Free Participation
Auchterarder Picturehouse CREW believes everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy and participate in arts, culture and heritage. If anything is preventing you from attending this event - whether financial, accessibility-related or any other barrier - please get in touch. We're here to help:

Email: info@auchterarderpicturehouse.co.uk
Tel: 07342 883314
Creative Hub: 20A Townhead, PH3 1AH (Wed 2–4pm & Sat 10am–12pm)