poetry Archives | Sarah Acton

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October 31, 2024

Into deep stone paths/Purbeck/Geopoetics 2024

my research into Portland/Purbeck stone, quarries and stone industry continues I’ve been working with Burngate Purbeck Stone Centre for over four years’ to deliver Geopoetics..

October 31, 2024

Book of the EXE audio commission for Literature Works/ Quay Words

In collaboration with violins by musician Emma Welton, and produced by ArtWorkExeter for River Radio this is my final commissioned piece for the summer residency..

January 21, 2024

Bard by Nature

Bardic song and research practice at Dartington Arts School for a new performance piece Bard by Nature (on landscape connection and voice as a tool for collective memory)

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January 21, 2024

Weymouth-on-Sea/ writer-in-residence 2019

exploring the relationships to sea over winter with local communities at Weymouth Library libraries as cultural hubs writing residency 2019; a milestone in my project..

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December 13, 2023

Heart of Stone soundtrack

Words, music, spirit of place. Heart of Stone was and is all of these, inspired by real memories and stories of quarrying on Portland when..

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November 28, 2023

Museum at Home 2020

with artist Christine Allison at Lyme Regis Museum 2020 https://www.lymeregismuseum.co.uk/museum-at-home/ this followed three seasons of Tea and Conversations, working with and taking inspiration from selected..

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November 9, 2023

Geopoetics 2023

This June I was delighted to dedicate a weekend to two of my great passions – rocks and poetry, co-leading a Geopoetry weekend with Professor..

November 8, 2023

Quiet Write Together / zero hour

in silence – new beginnings join a daily writing hour 9-10am for 12 days of creativity from 1-12th December with prompts emailed the night before..

April 17, 2019

Dorset poetry walks and workshops

FREE series of gentle poetry walks and workshops connecting creativity to nature in Dorset parks and green spaces. These are run through the Stepping into..

April 17, 2019

Creative Writing walks at Swanage Pier

Tues 4th June/ Weds 26th June/ Tues 30th July 10.30am-12pm Join me for a new season of creative writing walks at Swanage Pier: gentle walks..