About
Come and enjoy a creative writing workshop with writer and educator, Becky Cherriman.
“The earth has music for those who listen.” – William Shakespeare
Becky will guide you on a meditative, word finding wander around the beautiful Newmillerdam before returning to Lakeside Creative Art Centre to craft your own poems or prose. Your writings will be energised and supported by poems about the natural world, your own memories and connections with nature, and the forms and patterns we find within it.
Suitable for the curious or creative writers of any level of experience.
If you prefer to pay by BACS or cash, please email Shelley, Creative Arts Coordinator hello@lakesidecreativeartscentre.co.uk
You can find out more about Becky on her website.
Biography
Becky Cherriman is a Yorkshire writer, workshop facilitator and performer with 23 years’ experience of working in literature. Prize lists include the Women’s Poetry Competition, the Forward Prize and the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg. She works closely with communities and writers, and was a Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds (2019-2024), leading the Lifelong Learning Centre’s Creative Writing Pathway. Single poems have been published by Seren, Mslexia, The North, TEXT, Bloodaxe, Well Versed, erbacce and Moving Worlds: A Journal of Transcultural Writings. Her work is collected in her 2016 Saboteur longlisted poetry pamphlet Echolocation (Mother’s Milk), and collection Empires of Clay (Cinnamon Press). Commissions include poetry on umbrellas, a textile and poetry collaboration about disabled mill workers for Leeds 2023 and being Writer-in-Residence for the Methodist Modern Art Collection as part of Bradford 2025. She also writes fiction, for theatre and on her Substack, Writing in Context and has recently completed a poetic memoir thanks to the support of a Developing Your Creative Practice grant by Arts Council England.
This workshop will take place in Gallery 1 and 2 at Lakeside Creative Arts Centre.
Venue opening hours
Monday : Closed
Tuesday : Closed
Wednesday : Closed
Thursday : 10:00 am - 11:30 am
Friday : Closed
Saturday : Closed
Sunday : 9:30 am - 10:30 am
Access facilities
- Accessible Car Parking
- Accessible Toilet
- Baby Changing Facilities
- Hearing Aid Loop
- Wheelchair Accessible
Venue Details
Find us at
Barnsley Road, Wakefield, WF2 6QQ
Phone
07476994252
hello@lakesidecreativeartscentre.co.uk