
David
Hartley

The Worldbuilder:
A Creative Writing Summer School
~ 22nd July, 29th July & 5th August ~
~ MakeSpace Studio, New Mills ~
I'm bringing my 'Worldbuilder' creative writing workshop to New Mills this summer, and expanding it to three Wednesday evening sessions. A mini summer school of creativity in the beautiful MakeSpace studio. Across three weeks we will:
🌍 Summon maps of island worlds from our imaginations
🐉 Populate them with weird and wonderful creatures and people
📝 Write, write, write with imaginative abandon, crafting stories, poems, ballads, histories, manifestos and so much more
💎 Forge a little creative community of writers, artists, and dreamers
🌞 Become god-like for a while as we play with the fates of our invented realms!
It's accessible for beginners as well as seasoned writers looking for a fun new challenge. All led by me, with all materials provided.
Please share far and wide, but especially to folks in the High Peak area (although New Mills is a lovely 30 minute train ride from Manchester, so you city-folk are very welcome too).
£65 for all three sessions. Treat yourself to a creative few weeks, and come build worlds with me!
Writer, Performer, Artist, Editor, Tutor
I write strange stories about strange things for strange people. I am preoccupied by animals, neurodiversity, folklore, and untapped possibilities of storytelling forms. I've performed my work within bus stations, ancient libraries, decaying edgelands, a Swedish train station, and among a forest of tattooed bodies. I have collaborated with spectral musicians, Estonian performance artists, and a plant orchestra. I'm always interested in creative partnerships. Get in touch with me below.
~ PhD Creative Writing, University of Manchester
~ Fauna (Fly on the Wall Press) - short story collection
~ Incorcisms (Arachne Press) - short(er) story collection
~ Writer-in-Residence: Tartu, Estonia, 2024: 'The Forest of Ink & Skin'
~ Lead artist: 'The Embassy of Utopia', Festival of Libraries 2024 & 2025
~ Workshop Tutor for 'Beyond the Spectrum' with Writing East Midlands
~ Editor: Obscura: New Uncanny Tales (Comma Press)
~ Former lecturer in Creative Writing, The University of Manchester
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