creative writing
Highlights
Haiku Encounter
Can poetry inspire people to discover their city on foot? We think it can and want to make that happen – here in London and elsewhere in the world. With your help, we shall. 80,000 restIn Paddington Street GardensAs I walk to work We are looking for your help in making this happen – we
• (Tree inspired) Hidden Garden haiku walkshop – SE1
Celebrating trees as part of the Urban Tree Festival, a 90 minute walkshop (workshop on foot) in which you discover all of Britain’s native trees, all within one park, and visit London’s most iconic peace garden. Together we will compose and recite haiku – 3 lined short poem usually associated with Japanese culture. Novice or expert,
• Between the Lines
Andrew Stuck has a fascination with writers who draw from place. It is probably something to do with the fact that as walkers, we are out carving our way through space and experiencing places, one step at a time. Andrew doesn’t count himself as a great writer so really appreciates those who can write a
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Beach combing for writers
With a contribution from Martyn Howe offering e-book copies of his new book, The Coast is Our Compass, in which he describes a personal pilgrimage to walk the coast of England along what is now officially the King Charles III National Coastal Path, as a monthly prize, our Shorelines project has had a new lift.
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Taking the right PATH
Our current poet-in-residence, Elizabeth Fevyer takes her kids to Toronto and wonders where everyone is. We arrive in Toronto one evening at the start of February half-term, as swathes of North America are recovering from some of the heaviest snowstorms in decades. We’ve barely left the airport taxi rank before one of my sons points
One Small Step creative writing walkshop
A creative writing walkshop for novice or experienced writers who want to learn more about ‘flash fiction’ an exciting short form of story telling which is growing in popularity. Led by Rebekah Lattin-Rawstrone, an accomplished writer and acclaimed writing tutor, you will be invited to draw inspiration from the space race to walk on the moon, that was
• Walking Writers of Prespa: a showcase of writing about walking from around the world
Join us in celebrating the first anniversary of the Walking Writers of Prespa. We are a collective of walking artists and writers who first gathered at a long table under the linden trees of Psarades during the 2025 Walking Arts Encounter. Ann de Forest, a longtime writer and relative newcomer to walking art, initiated the gathering, envisioning an
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Walking pieces
Jours Coquille / Shell Days / Giorni Conchiglia / Dias Concha
The autobiographical memories of the choreographers are put on dance. The abortion story and the loss of a borning child are the materials we start from to performe our life experience in dance. The performance connect the stories and the bodies as exploring the ways of representing abortion and loss. Maybe by putting attention on care and collective aspect of this experience?
Eighty Thousand Steps
What if you could walk into a story? Welcome to a profound new immersive experience that moves you—literally. Eighty Thousand Steps is a first-of-its-kind embodied story that asks you to walk with a refugee. You power this story, one step at a time.
Articles on WLC
Mapping Copenhagen
Penny Walker, 2026 story writer-in-residence, weaves a flash story as she walks through Copenhagen. 12th – 14th February 2026 22 miles We walk from the station to the hotel. I use the map on my phone. The distance is so short that it surprises me. I am good at maps. I can read street names,
The river has desire lines
Penny Walker, 2026 story writer-in-residence, who invites you discover where a river might flow River Pant, Essex. 2 miles 13th January 2026 Seven of us and a dog walked down the track, watching for the flow and rise of water under our boots. We had detailed LIDAR maps from official agencies of the river’s current
New Year’s Day, 2026 – 6 miles, Lee Valley Park, UK
We welcome Penny Walker, 2026 story writer-in-residence, who invites you discover a chilly morning walk We didn’t see in the New Year. We woke long before dawn to drop our daughter and her husband at the airport. At South Mimms services the universe rewards us with veggie sausages, a cyber pink sunrise and the year’s
Draped in Darkness
We are delighted to announce the short listed entries in our annual Write About Walking writing competition that this year, had a theme of “Walking In The Dark” in support of the global action “Women walking, the City, at Night“. Fourteen poems and stories from eleven writers were chosen by the judges, and will be
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Launch of Art Sprawl
I started an experiment that builds on both my interests in independent publishing and visiting/reflecting on various artistic happenings. I’m hosting this short-form independent arts writing and reflection experiment at Art-Sprawl.com. I’ve been documenting art experiences on my Instagram account for the past several years, and this new project builds on that photo-centric model. […]
Making The Gates to Dreamland: Script-writing and Wayfinding
---------------------------On 25th September, my new locative audiowalk game The Gates to Dreamland launched to the public. Created as part of the A Different LENS project in Margate, The Gates to Dreamland explores how interpreting our ...
Events
Footnotes with Peter Fiennes
Three online events from June and July 2020, in which author Peter Fiennes draws you into the world of famous writers who explored English city and countryside: A Footnote to Charles Dickens No author is as inextricably linked with London as Charles Dickens. The city and the times he lived through fed his imagination, and in
• Hidden Garden Haiku creative writing walkshop – City of London – East
Celebrating trees as part of the Urban Tree Festival, a 90 minute walkshop in which you discover hidden gardens minutes from the Monument, in the City of London. Together we will compose and recite haiku – 3 lined short poem usually associated with Japanese culture. Novice or expert, join in this fun walking activity in
• Hidden Garden Haiku walkshop – Holland Park
Celebrating trees as part of the Urban Tree Festival, a 90 minute walkshop (workshop on foot) in which you discover not one but two Japanese Gardens. Together we will compose and recite haiku – 3 lined short poem usually associated with Japanese culture. Novice or expert, join in this fun walking activity in which you get
• Hidden Garden Haiku creative writing walkshop – City of London
Celebrating Trees as part of the Urban Tree Festival and sponsored by the City of London, a 75 minute walkshop (workshop on foot) in which you discover hidden gardens minutes from St Paul’s, in the City of London. Together we will compose and recite haiku – 3 lined short poem usually associated with Japanese culture.
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Jan Martin Collected writing 