Creative Writing for Children: Folk-lorious Fun!

Event information

Do you whisper to white horses, speak to standing stones, or dare to dance with dragons? Inspired by the Folklore Exhibition, (and folklore traditions from Oxfordshire), you will create your own ideas bank book, ready to create your very own folktale using drawing, writing and pure imagination!

Aimed at age 7 +

Pens and paper provided. Please bring your own water bottle, and any favourite notebook, pens, pencils, and or a tablet, or phone to write with if you prefer. This is not a drop off event, parents or guardians need to remain in the room or just outside for the duration of this workshop.

About the Tutor

Flis Tattersall is a playwright, writes short stories and for children. Her first children’s book ‘Cornish Mice and the Treasure Garden’ was published by TorMark in 2021. She has undertaken writing commissions for the Writer’s Block in Cornwall, the Wildfowl Wetlands Trust, and the War Ephemera Project. Flis has been running creative workshops for the past six years, with partners including the Royal Cornwall Museum (‘The Magical Realism in the Museum' project), the University of Exeter, Swindon Literary Festival, Falmouth festival and Devizes museum. She is currently working on an Arts Council funded project in Swindon working with young women aged 14-25 to write and produce a new play about contemporary and historic female experience in the town. (www.felicitytattersall.co.uk).