From the Ground Up-Wilderness Woods: TW Litfest
🕖 Venue opens - 12.00pm : 🕔 Event finishes - 2.pm
🪑 Seated (Unallocated)
Wilderness Woods presents From the Ground Up: words and workshops from WW's community of writers.
Pay as You Feel
Wilderness Wood is owned by Emily and Dan, who left their conventional lives in London fifteen years ago to find a woodland where they could live and work alongside their young family – and create a community which could act as an alternative to school. Today, the wood is the base for a thriving, all-age community of creatives including woodworkers, crafters, ecowarriors, musicians, actors and writers.
A group of these writers will present their original writing; reflect on the role of words in the life of the community; and offer a range of workshops for you to join in with related to their own enthusiasms – bring a pencil and a notepad.
When the time comes; Kate Reed recites from her new book of poetry which marks the pagan wheel of the year
Ten Years of Wild Times: Sarah Waterfall reflects on the joys and challenges of pulling together our community zine with a scissor-and-pritt-stick approach
‘Happy Birthday To You’ is a terrible song but a good concept: Bea Everett and Ruby Wisefone on writing songs to mark significant events for individuals and the community
‘The Turning Point: a short sketch by Carly Rain inspired by the Giant Owl sculpture at Wilderness Wood
A year in the Wilderness: David Horne talks about the experience of being the team’s nature writing specialist
Compulsory schooling is a 150-year-old experiment which hasn’t worked:** Emily Charkin introduces her ideas and writing about the wood as an **‘Instead of School’
‘If you can dive with joy into your life’: a participatory performance (watch out) of this reworking of the famous Rudyard Kipling poem, with ideas generated by the community and crafted by Joe Skelton
