Writing with Images

Penny Simpson and Ania Ready

Saturday 20 June 2026, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Room 1.02 North Teaching Centre, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ

In this creative writing workshop, fiction writer Penny Simpson and photo-artist Ania Ready will guide you to explore ways of writing about characters whose lives are not fixed in one place. You will learn new approaches to writing through playful experiment with text and image.

The workshop will take inspiration from the poetry and short stories of Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska (1872-1925) held in the Special Collections in the Library at the University, and from Ania’s process of ‘re-enactment’ which she used to create a series of black and white photographs re-imagining Sophie’s life.

The workshop is free and is open to writers of all levels and suitable for ages 16+.

To book your free place, please email: pcsimp@essex.ac.uk.