Three weekends in which we explore how art, objects and places inspire writing.

Whether it’s for you or your characters, we’ll walk, eat and write our way around London’s art galleries. Through story fragments, sketches, and experimental writing you’ll engage with some of this spring’s major exhibitions in London.

No writing or drawing experience is necessary, but a willingness to play and experiment is. The Write Around Town workshops are devised to suit writers and artists of all levels. All participants will be included in Writers in the Crowd II, an anthology of writing in the city.

The weekends are stand-alone workshops and can be booked to suit your needs and interests. The more you book, the cheaper they get! When booking, please let us know which weekends you’d like to attend. If you have any questions, please contact us through this link or at maps@writingmaps.com

limited to 8 participants per weekend

Cost: One weekend = £105, Two weekend = £195, Three weekends = £260

cost includes entrance to exhibitions and light refreshments

For more details and to book, click here.

Weekend #1, Painting and Politics: April 24, 25, 26 (Only 3 Places Left)

• Friday, 6-9pm: Islington
• Saturday, 2.30-5.30pm: Wallace Collection, Joshua Reynolds
• Sunday, 2.30-5.30pm: Tate Modern: Sonia Delaunay

Weekend #2, Images and Things: June 5, 6, 7

• Friday, 6-9pm: Islington
• Saturday, 2.30-5.30pm: Tate Modern, Salt & Silver Early Photography
• Sunday, 2.30-5.30pm: Whitechapel Gallery, Christopher Williams

Weekend #3, Drawing and Daring: July 3, 4, 5

• Friday, 6-9pm: Islington
• Saturday, 2.30-5.30pm: Wellcome Collection: The Institute of Sexology
• Sunday, 2.30-5.30pm: Estorick Museum, Modigliani

The workshops are devised and led by Shaun Levin. He has been teaching creative writing since 1997 and has run workshops and given talks at The National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery, the Ben Uri Gallery, and the Stanley and Audrey Burton Art Gallery in Leeds. He has recently published work on the artists Mark Gertler and Isaac Rosenberg, and is the author of Seven Sweet Things and A Year of Two Summers, amongst other books. Shaun is the creator of Writing Maps.