Sticky Saturday Classes: Dunedin 2026
One-off Saturday classes focus on facilitated writing exercises which are designed for writers of all levels and all genres. Class exercises can re-energise your enthusiasm and stimulate your imagination. Students find them entertaining and helpful in developing confidence. To ensure a good quality of feedback, each course will be limited to 10 participants. Courses undertaken will be dependent on minimum numbers for each.
Courses will be held at Tui Bevin’s house, 129 Signal Hill Rd, Opoho which is comfortable, warm and has expansive views.
Tea and coffee and sticky buns provided, bring your own lunch.
Fee: $65, $55 to ex-CWD students, $50 to current long course students.
A New Year, A New Project?
This day will be given to refocusing on your writing and finding new ideas and topics to carry you into 2026. Exercises will be given on a variety of subjects, and you can choose to write fiction, poetry or memoir. The emphasis is on spontaneity and sharing your writing with a supportive group.
Saturday 7 February 2026: 10.30 am to 3.00 pm.
What If?
This day will focus on addressing the question, What If? That is how to put your fictional characters into unexpected situations and find out how they react. You can also pose the question to yourself if you are writing, poetry or memoir. We will be focusing on cause and effect in this class. It will be suitable for all levels of writing experience.
Saturday 6 June 2026: 10.30 am to 3.00 pm.
Tell It Slant
This day is an opportunity to refresh or taste for the first time writing about real lives, either your own or that of others. We will focus on stimulating your memory and ways of looking at the past from a different angle so the writer and reader gets a new perspective.
Saturday 25 July 2026: 10.30 am to 3.00 pm.
Looking for and Finding a Poem
This day will be a celebration of poetry with the emphasis on crafting new and original poems. Designed for beginning poets as well as experienced poets who are looking for a fresh approach. It is not necessary to have written poetry before as critiquing will be a class exercise. It’s an opportunity to read your poems aloud and receive supportive feedback from the class. Please bring 1 or 2 poems to work on.
Saturday 26 September 2026: 10.30 am to 3.00 pm.