https://devotionworkshop.com Devotion Workshop Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:29:09 +0000 https://devotionworkshop.com en https://devotionworkshop.com/Home Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:29:06 +0000 Devotion Workshop https://devotionworkshop.com/Home Devotion is a practice-based creative writing workshop that nurtures writing practices through communal writing sessions that foster accountability, solidarity and collective learning.&nbsp; 2026 Devotion Workshops <img width="2344" height="746" width_o="2344" height_o="746" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/505cc85ba4e667f29e025b497668393648c8a77e962c5a726562ab26ce79fad4/Queer-Ancestry-2026.jpg" data-mid="249962325" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/505cc85ba4e667f29e025b497668393648c8a77e962c5a726562ab26ce79fad4/Queer-Ancestry-2026.jpg" /> Queer Ancestry Summer School 2026 As Sam Moore wrote, ‘all my teachers died of AIDS.’ Workshops Tuesdays from 5pm-7pm UK time via Zoom.&nbsp;July 21, 28, August 4, 11, 18, 25, September 1 &amp; 8.Devotion presents Queer Ancestry, our signature workshop of queer ancestral writing techniques for every day. Across eight weeks, we will learn from our queer ancestors (or as Dana Ward said, the many gendered mothers of my heart) who died too soon, and those we are lucky to still share a world with. Workshop material includes works by David Wojnarowicz, Gertrude Stein, Audre Lorde, Judy Grahn, Samuel Delaney, Sappho, Emily Dickinson, Gloria Anzaldúa, Cookie Mueller, Nan Goldin, Eileen Myles, Adrienne Rich, Barbara Hammer, Tove Jansson &amp; many more. Ancestral wisdom carries sacred tools for creating and sustaining a writing practice that nourishes, challenges, shifts paradigms – and which fights against the poverty of expression increasingly offered to by culture at large. Workshops include readings, accessible explanations, prompts and techniques, structured group writing time, and opportunities for optional discussion and sharing. We will also be joined by special guests across the semester who will share their own work and queer lineage. This is an inclusive space for anyone who wants to learn more about queer ancestry, and to be prompted and challenged. Topics explored will include: Tracing queer lineage Queer ancestral tactics, techniques, tools for writing The history of queer literature and culture Honing a writing practice Resistance and refusal Courage and transformation Mentorship and finding our chosen family Live workshops are recorded and available for attendees – if you're unable to make every workshop you are welcome to watch back in your own time (recordings remain available for six months). The materials discussed in the workshops are collated for easy access on Padlet. There is no preparation required for any Devotion workshop. No homework, no obligation to share written work, and no prior experience necessary. Book Now https://devotionworkshop.com/About Fri, 17 Sep 2021 10:29:09 +0000 Devotion Workshop https://devotionworkshop.com/About About Devotion is a practice-based creative writing workshop that nurtures writing practices through communal writing sessions that foster accountability, solidarity and collective learning. Through a mixture of writing prompts (inspired by poetry, novels, films, music, memoirs and more) and open discussion, writers of any level from absolute beginner to published authors can explore new techniques and themes. A key part of every Devotion workshop is quiet writing time, and Devotion distinguishes itself from traditional creative writing workshops through an emphasis on the practice of writing itself, rather than the workshopping of existing work in progress. Devotion is also an amorphous, queer and open community, built on the generous, enthusiastic and loyal attendees. Devotion is run by poet and writer Sophie Robinson and writer Daisy Blecker who together bring creative, critical and academic experience to the workshops. Sophie founded and leads Devotion on the principles of radical pedagogy. By operating outside the academic institution and offering a fairly priced sliding scale payment model, they are able to sustain and nurture a fluid and inclusive writing space for all. About Sophie Sophie Robinson is a poet and writer. She has published three books of poetry, most recently Rabbit (Boiler House Press, 2018). She has taught creative writing for over a decade, most notably at the University of East Anglia, where she has been a Lecturer in Creative Writing since 2014. Sophie has also been published in The Guardian, BOMB, The Quietus, Believer Magazine, Stylist, The White Review and N+1, amongst others. She is currently working on a novel, and is represented by Lisa Baker at Aitken Alexander. She founded Devotion in 2020.&nbsp; About Daisy Daisy Blecker is a writer interested in the stories we carry through our bodies, the ways grief reshapes us, and how connection can become a way back to ourselves. She is currently working on a novel exploring chronic illness, grief, found family, and the strange alchemy of loss, intimacy, and survival through worlds shaped by magic. Alongside her own writing practice, Daisy works with Devotion behind the scenes, helping to nurture and support the growth of projects that create thoughtful, expansive spaces for writers and artists. She is drawn to creative communities built on curiosity and tenderness. Much of her work, both creative and practical, is shaped by an interest in care - in the stories we tell each other and the communities we build around shared vulnerability.