Date & Time
Sun Sep 24 2023 at 02:00 pm to 03:00 pm
Location
City Library Bradford, 9 Aldermanbury, Bradford, United Kingdom
About the event
Sisterhood Festival – Writing for Wellness with Abda Khan
Writing for Wellness workshop with Abda Khan
About this Event
WRITING FOR WELLNESS WORKSHOP WITH ABDA KHAN
Did you know that regularly engaging in creative writing has numerous benefits:
• It can promote a sense of happiness
• It is a great way to offload and de-stress
• It can be emotionally and psychologically beneficial
• It can help with healing after trauma
• It improves your communication skills
• It is a wonderful way to preserve precious memories
• It can be inspirational!
Join Abda Khan in this one-hour workshop and learn about the joys of writing. Abda will guide you through some thought-provoking writing exercises and lively discussion, and put you on the path to writing for wellness.
*Book your free place *
About Abda Khan
Abda Khan is a lawyer turned writer and author of the novels ‘Stained’ (2016), and ‘Razia’ (2019), and has recently published her debut poetry collection ‘Losing Battles Winning Wars’ (2023). Khan writes commissioned pieces (short scripts, poetry, fiction and non-fiction) for various publications, organisations and projects. She runs creative writing courses, and produces and directs a variety of creative projects. In ‘Sidelines to Centre Stage’ (2019) she delivered writing workshops to survivors of domestic violence and to female ex-prisoners whose work was shared (anonymously) on stage. Her latest production was ‘Tappay Tales’ (2022), a community-based project which explored traditional Pakistani/Punjabi folk songs through creative writing, poetry, music and drama, which culminated in showcase performances, a book and a short film. Khan is a Desi Blitz Arts Ambassador, a Lloyds Bank Women of the Future Ambassador, and she won British Muslim Woman of the Year in 2019.
Tickets
Tickets for Sisterhood Festival – Writing for Wellness with Abda Khan can be booked here.