Wednesday 6 October 2021
Arrival: 10.00am
Depart: 4.00pm

Robert Shooter is a retired Social Worker and Hospital Chaplain. He was brought up Methodist but he is ordained in the Anglican Church and is still active in a retired capacity. He has led the creative writing part of creative retreats at St Oswald’s Pastoral Centre near Whitby for a week’s residential Arts retreat over several years. He is a published poet and short story writer with work in Wild Goose publications, The Methodist Recorder, Quaker Magazine and The Little Gem magazine. He writes “I believe my task is to enable others to find joy in being creatve. I put time to it late in life - it really is never too late!. Today is about becoming part and parcel of creation. Of using the grounds and surrounding area of Wydale, as well as drawing on illustrations from established and modern poets and prose writers: all this for inspiration and to feed us to write something new. It might be a memory, a poem, a prayer, a day-dream, a premise for some fiction, or the start of it: it could be something totally unexpected. I always hope for that”.

Led by: Robert Shooter
Cost: £25.00 including lunch and refreshments