The Cherwell School Summer Newsletter 2021 (1)

CHERWELL CREATIVE WRITING CLUB - By Mr Strickland The Creative Writing Club Thrives In A Difficult Year - It has been a remarkable year for the Creative Writing Club. Despite the unusual challenges the pandemic has caused, the joy of extra-curricular fiction writing has remained a vital part of the lives of Cherwell students. Beginning our academic year with face-to-face CW Club groups, it was necessary to move to online sessions each week for safety reasons and to allow students of different age groups to create together. They have continued to encourage, share and advise each other.

Highlights of the year include the release of Ekphrasis, a collection of remarkable poetry largely written by Cherwell Creative Writing Club students and published by Little Ox Press (copies are available at North and South Site libraries). Our authors also had chances to share their work in national publications such as the Young Writers’ Unsolved, a collection of mystery short fiction creations. They also enjoyed some special visitors, including an inspirational session by Clare Corey of the Ashmolean museum (pictured) with an art and artifact inspired workshop whereby students learned how to use unique historical objects to inspire their work.

The good news is, all this is still going on now. All year groups are welcome; all writing styles, forms and genres are welcome. Contact Mr Strickland if you have any questions.

You can find us each Thursday from 3:15 - 4:15 at the following link:https://meet.google.com/wzj-nato-hav? © The Cherwell School , Opportunity, Responsibility, Excellence SUMMER NEWSLETTER 2021 Page 15