An Avon Ginko

A walking, watching, writing, short poetry experience!

A “ginko” is a traditional activity in Japan, and is the term for going on a walk, in a group, specifically to write poetry.

Come and write short poems with us, on a walk along the Chippenham Avon and its environs. There’ll be plenty of time to stop, stare, and take notes along a maximum of 2.5 miles distance. We’ll then sit down outside (under outside cover according to weather) to finish three-line Japanese-style “haiku”, or other short poems. A hot or cold drink will be included in the ticket price. At all points there will be plenty of one-to-one guidance, from published poets and experienced tutors Alan Summers and Karen Hoy of Call of the Page.

Seasons are important in Japanese poetry. We will be leading a summer, autumn, winter, and spring walking writing workshop. You can book for the first one, a summer ginko, below. Anticipate dragonflies, swans, lily pads, and willow trees.

Date: Saturday August 13th 2022
Time: 10 am to 1 pm

We start and end at Chippenham Town Bridge (less than 5 minutes walk from Chippenham station, and car parks). The bridge postcode is SN15 1EX.

Maximum group size: 10
Tickets: £38 full price, including a hot or cold drink. An early bird rate of £34 applies until Sunday 7th August 2022.

Bursaries: We have a free bursary place and a half-price place on each ginko. Please contact us for details of qualifying for these. As well as affordability and income level we take into consideration social benefit, for instance if you are bereaved, or are requiring “social prescribing”.

Find out more –
https://www.callofthepage.org/events/avon-ginko-workshops/