Workshop: What’s Your Story?

Schedule

Sat May 09 2026 at 01:30 pm to 03:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

AMPED | Huddersfield, EN

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A creative writing workshop that will include writing exercises to help shape the stories you want to tell.
About this Event

Book this workshop with Juliet’s Thomas’s Workshop: Celebrating Life Stories (Saturday 9 May at 11am) and save! Just choose the option of both workshops when you purchase your ticket.


What’s Your Story? – a creative writing workshop with author Paul Burston.


Paul Burston is the author of six novels, numerous short stories and a bestselling memoir. In this workshop he’ll explore how writing from life can help shape long and short form fiction.


Open to all levels, the workshop will include writing exercises to help shape the stories you want to tell.


Paul Burston is curator and host of award-winning LGBTQ+ literary salon Polari and founder of the Polari Prize book awards for LGBTQ+ writers. In 2016, he featured in the British Council’s Global List of ‘33 visionary people promoting freedom, equality and LGBT rights around the world’. Paul is the author of six novels and five non-fiction books, and the editor of two short-story collections. His bestselling memoir We Can Be Heroes: A Survivor’s Story was published in 2023.


Saturday 9 May

1.30pm-3.30pm

Amped, 29 Zetland St, HD1 2RD

£12 (£10 conc), free for essential carers accompanying a ticket holder

Age guidance: 16+

Access Guide: contact the venue on: [email protected]; 01484 361932



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AMPED, 29 Zetland Street, Huddersfield, United Kingdom

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