With 'Spooky Season' almost upon us, it was wonderful to be invited to facilitate an outdoor creative writing workshop exploring 'the uncanny' at the glorious but ever-so-slightly haunted Insole Court manor house, with Yr 12 participants from Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr comprehensive school. After a creative warm-up in The Drawing Room, participants were sent out to explore...
In September 2023, Sian Hughes was one of a cohort of six writers selected for Literature Wales' pioneering 'Writing Well' programme. The year-long professional development programme, which provides training, mentorship, and a small pot of initial seed money, will help the selected writers create and deliver participatory projects which will benefit the health and wellbeing of...
New Digital Creative Writing Courses at the National Writing Centre of Wales On November 18 2022, 'Wales Book of the Year' shortlisted writer Sian Hughes will be facilitating an online creative writing workshop designed to explore the creative process and introduce tried-and-tested methods of jumpstarting creativity. Whilst the main focus of the workshop will be on helping...