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Event 25

Wednesday 5th November 2025 | 6.00 pm

Event 25 | Anna Whitwham | Soft Tissue Damage

£40.00

Anna Whitwham – Soft Tissue Damage – Writing Workshop

Join author Anna Whitwham for a writing workshop looking at how memory works in the art of writing memoir. Anna, who teaches Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, shares her insights into the processes of writing memoir, based on her own experience of writing Soft Tissue Damage, which explores the human body’s capacity for strength and vulnerability, as she trains as a boxer alongside the grief of losing her mother to cancer. At 8pm, anyone is welcome to come along to the Human Nature sofa to hear local artist Vanessa Cooper talk to Anna about the book and enjoy an evening of conversation with pop up bar.

followed by a conversation with Vanessa Cooper

Priority booking – Become a Friend – Contact TIC Bridport to book tickets – 01308 424901

When: Wednesday 5th November 2025 @ 6.00 – 8.00pm (workshop), 8.00pm Q&A
Where: Human Nature, East Street

Description

Anna Whitwham was born in 1981 in London. She studied Drama and English at the University of California, Los Angeles, Queens University Belfast and at Royal Holloway, London where she teaches on the MA in creative writing and runs a course called ‘Writing Men: The Burden of Masculinity.’ She was an Observer Best Debut Novelist, and the first female journalist to write for Boxing News. Soft Tissue Damage is her second book. 

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