A 5 week online writing course with writer + performer Kate Ireland. Designed to explore writing as a tool for release, wellbeing, joy and self-discovery. Leaning into sensitivity and the subconscious, less about formal concerns and more about how we can see ourselves on the page through play and imagination. A space to chat, experiment and write freely in a judgement free space. From the comfort of your own home!
Whether you're a seasoned writer or just starting to put pen to paper, this course offers a unique opportunity to tap into your inner-world through words. Over the five weeks, you'll engage in activities, prompts and discussions that encourage self-expression and help you find your authentic voice.
Kate Ireland brings her experience and passion for storytelling to guide you through sessions that focus on the emotional and self-effacing aspects of writing.
All levels of experience encouraged and welcome! This is a course for curious creatives as well as established writers. !
Kate Ireland is a writer and performer from Glasgow. Her work has been featured on BBC 6, the Roundhouse, WeOutHere and Glastonbury Festival. Her one woman show Golden Time (and other behavioural management strategies) will do a full run at the Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe 2025 and last year she released her album and accompanying pamphlet Self Regulating Behaviours. Kate is the founder of Blether, a community-focused storytelling collective based in Manchester. Kate is also a trained poet-therapist as well as neuroinclusivity advocate, bringing her knowledge of creativity as a tool for wellbeing and improving mental health to schools, prisons and socially engaged contexts. Kate is the author of the substack Low Maintenance Guff.
Kate’s work is equally concerned with written language as spoken word, embracing conversational dialogue as a primary mode of communication, attempting to cut through the bullshit of pretence and connect deeply through our weird, tender parts.
Kate's words are designed to be listened to and experienced rather than just read. She is a self professed sensitive soul whose work examines the way we behave. Using her personal life and proliferating it out into a larger cultural lens, questions of self are at the forefront of her work.