Following feedback from in-person and online cohorts, alumni of the programme can now be part of an ongoing accountability and writing development programme - The Held Space.

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The Held Space will build on The New Mothers' Writing Circle's core 8-week programme.
This membership offer is for those who wish to continue to develop their writing practice within a community of mothers. A chance, each week, to write together in a non-judgemental, non-advice-giving, experimental and anti-perfectionist space.

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Led by Founder & Director Catrin Kemp, and drawing on new books not featured within the 8-week programme, this community will -

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• Give you 90 minutes of boundaried time each week to write; Wednesdays 10am - 11.30am
  Encourage you to submit your writing to zines, competitions and publications. 

• Open calls, submission windows etc. 

• Provide you with excerpts from books across the canon of motherhood, pushing further into anti-racist books and those brought to the group by its members. 

• Space to show up as you are, each week, and write whatever the conditions.

• Build confidence by sharing your writing each month at a digital open mic night

• Provide space to publish your #shittyfirstdrafts and better-second-drafts in a closed Facebook Community

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The cost is £120 per month. You will need a Facebook account and access to Zoom.