This is a short course in creative writing for those who would like to explore imagination, active imagination and the stream of conscious in writing. Together, we will look at different types of creativity, try ways we may have not yet explored and possibly begin to...
Talks
CREATIVE WRITING IN LOCKDOWN – FREE
This is a 4 week creative writing course on zoom that explores creativity, imagination and the heart. During the Corona crisis, it is free for all but invites commitment.
WORDS BY THE WATER, KESWICK 7 MARCH 2020
Marie-Elsa Bragg Unsent Letters - A Daughter's Love 7 11.00am | Main House £11.00 When Marie-Elsa Bragg was just six years old, her mother committed suicide. Now, many years later, Marie-Elsa returns to that night. Going back to that moment, inhabiting this defining...
FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL 23 FEBRUARY 2020
The suicide of Melyvn Bragg's first wife, when Marie-Elsa was just six years old, cast a long shadow that forged an unbreakable bond between father and daughter. Now, many years later, Marie-Elsa returns to that night. In a unique mix of prose and poetry, written...
BLOXHAM LITERARY FESTIVAL 22 FEBRUARY 2020
Sleeping Letters Marie-Elsa Bragg joins us to speak about her new book, Sleeping Letters - a description of the ritual of the Eucharist alongside a compilation of poetry, memoir and fragments of un-sent letters. The readings from the book will be complemented by music...
TOPPINGS BOOKSHOP, BATH 3 FEBRUARY 2020
"This is a beautiful book, a remarkable, cadenced recollection of how grief lives in the body. It is poetry as a kind of dance. You have to read it, " Edmund de Waal. Marie-Elsa Bragg is an author, a priest in the diocese of London, therapist, a spiritual director and...
PARLIAMENTARY STATE OPENING
Marie-Elsa was Speaker's Chaplain for the week which includes the State Opening.
TALK ABOUT ‘SLEEPING LETTERS’ -CAKES & ALE CARLISLE – 7 DECEMBER
Marie-Elsa will be giving an evening talk based on her new book Sleeping Letters. . Cakes and Ale is a warm and welcoming cafe behind Bookends bookshop in Carlisle. It is run by an inspirational family who simply love both books and community. . Bookends telephone...
Sleeping Letters interview – Sunday Times Magazine 24 November 2019
Sunday 24 November there will be an article on Marie-Elsa and her book Sleeping Letters in the Sunday Times Magazine.