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Join poet Ellen Renton for a series of three writing workshops which will help you to find new ways of engaging with your senses. Combining learnings from Ellen's own artistic practice and her lived experience of visual impairment, each session will encourage you to challenge your own personal and cultural relationship with vision through a series of gentle writing tasks.
The first session will focus on ’the hierarchy of the senses’, as we consider ways that we can de-centre sight in our writing practice
Participants are encouraged to join every session, but you are also welcome to sign-up to individual sessions if you prefer. These sessions are open to all,not just those with lived experience of disability/visual impairment.
CW: (Potentially) ableism
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About Ellen:
Ellen Renton is a writer from Edinburgh. She has written two pamphlets of poetry: An Eye For An Eye For An Eye (Stewed Rhubarb Press 2021) and You and Yours (Verve Press 2026). Her work in theatre has included the one-woman show Within Sight (2020), Disciples (2023), and PALS (in development in 2026). She has released an EP and the album My Noise is Nothing with electronic musician Lord of the Isles. She holds an MA in Creative Writing: Poetry from the University of East Anglia.
Ticket information
There will be 10 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: Group Discussions, Break out rooms / Small group discussions, Hands on activities, Reading, Writing, Sharing work that has been created, Sound/music
This event will take place at the GZL space on Albert Road in Govanhill. You can find directions here.
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