SeeSaw Creative Writing Salon ‘Writing The Things We're Not Meant To Speak
Schedule
Fri Jul 17 2026 at 02:00 pm to 03:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
SEESAW | Manchester, EN
A creative writing salon collaboration between local writer Heidi Hinda Chadwick and SeeSaw community arts space.About this Event
SeeSaw Creative Writing Salon
‘Writing The Things We're Not Meant To Speak About’
Duration: 1.5 hours
When: Friday 17th July
Time: 2 – 3:30pm
Sex. Death. Money. Politics. Desire.
These are some of the topics we’ve been told not to speak about. If we’re polite that is. If we want to fit in that is.
But what about those issues that we don’t get to speak of? Such as ageing, rage, envy, desire, the hungers that lurk in the pit of our bellies?
And what about the parts of ourselves deemed ‘not beautiful’, wrong, boring, ugly, or disapproved of?
The selfish part that is all Verruca Salt inside. The cruel, mean girl, bitch! The judgemental diva serving looks. The ambitious streaked badass. The lonely little child that curls up and just wants to be seen. The fame hungry monster. And oh, so many more!
Let’s welcome the feral freaks that lurk beneath the surface through writing.
Over the course of this workshop, we will explore some part of who we are that we keep hidden or censor. We will take a look at unshaming these places, and mine them for treasures. And we will take these aspects and turn them into gold, not just for our writing, but potentially for our life too.
No part of ourselves is unwelcome to join.
No writing experience needed. Simply curiosity, playfulness and the willingness to greet the unhinged within!
Let’s create, have fun, and discover the power of writing the things we’re not meant to speak about!
Heidi Hinda Chadwick
Heidi Hinda Chadwick is a writer, performer, and a Trauma-Informed Educator, from Manchester, UK. She writes short stories, novellas, and essays exploring the macabre, and the intricacies of human experience, often drawing on folklore, psychology, body horror, femgore, twisting fairytales and exploring contemporary anxieties.
Heidi Hinda’s debut novella, The Story of the Deer Woman, was published February 2026 via Lemon Jelly Press. She’s been published in Agave, SheHub, Conscious Dancer, GoDates, The Solitude Diaries, and Elephant Journal, and one of her stories has previously appeared on the horror podcast CreepyPod.
She writes regularly on Substack and is a Tarot reader.
Where is it happening?
SEESAW, 86 Princess Street, Manchester, United KingdomGBP 6.13
