Poet Emily Harrison chats to Lapidus members Wendy French and Marie Larkin about using poetry to ad mental well being. The episode can be found here (and on iTunes): https://soundcloud.com/lunar-poetry-podcasts/creative-writing-as-therapy A full transcript can be downloaded via this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0BxLpTEqA4Nm2VTBfRDBibHhBRDg
Dear You, I’m writing this blog in the form of a letter (see The Recovery Letters, James Withey’s project) and I’m asking myself why am I doing this? I suppose the idea of a letter written to oneself is so powerful because you are not just telling someone what you think they want to hear
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We held our second day-long workshop on Friday 6th January 2017 in the Edwin Morgan Poetry Library at the University of Glasgow. Those of us who braved the cold, dark morning and participated in a lively meeting were: Dr Carolyn Jess-Cooke, University of Glasgow James Withey, Founder of The Recovery Letters Angela Wilson, counsellor at Washington
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The first workshop for the project was held at the University of Glasgow on Saturday 18th June from 12-4pm. There were 18 of us in total, all working in areas of mental health and creativity but a fascinating range of angles and scholarly viewpoints. The session was split into two halves, the first being devoted to
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