Get Involved With Activities at QUAD
Our education, learning and participation programmes involves local and regional communities in innovative arts programmes to develop skills, engage and contribute to contemporary culture.
Upcoming Courses & Workshops
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Make your own pinch pot using air-dry clay to take home at the end
Fri 6 Nov
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Getting started in crafting stories that range from the unsettling to the downright terrifying.
Fri 26 Feb
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A crash course in writing puzzling plots and eerie atmosphere.
Fri 26 Feb
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A workshop aimed at aspiring authors who are considering self-publishing, as well as writers who have a completed manuscript but aren't sure what to do next.
Fri 26 Feb
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Helping you write a ghost story that does not take place in a haunted house.
Fri 26 Feb
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A workshop exploring the story potential of ghosts caught after the fact on audio and video,
Fri 26 Feb
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Uncanny landscapes, sentient forests, and ravenous plants: how to write them and how to make them scary,.
Fri 26 Feb
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Why do the Overlook Hotel’s hallways make us feel uneasy? Why does the bright, vast landscape of Midsommar give us dread? 'Liminal' relates to an in-between space and is one of many tools that a writer can use to shape the atmosphere…
Fri 26 Feb
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How word choices and use of language can be used to create atmosphere when writing spooky scenes.
Fri 26 Feb
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How to use your own personal "ghosts" as raw material for fiction that resonates on a deeper level.
Sat 27 Feb
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How to use the darkness that lies within us to blur the boundaries between the self and the outside world.
Sat 27 Feb
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A workshop looking at how cinematic horror franchises often live on via the medium of videogames.
Sat 27 Feb
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How to reimagine the ghost story for today’s world.
Sat 27 Feb
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Haunted landscapes and how to use elements of the natural world to create unsettling supernatural fiction.
Sat 27 Feb
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Experimenting with character dynamics and structures that push the door of the haunted closet wide open.
Sat 27 Feb
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How writers can use social media to market their work without becoming an influencer.
Sat 27 Feb
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There are myriad iconic ghosts and ghouls in horror literature, but what about the characters on the receiving end of a good spooking? This workshop will explore how to use flawed, complex characters to add emotional depth to your stories. We'll …
Sat 27 Feb
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Exploring how curses can create mystery, conflict, and difficult choices in your story.
Sun 28 Feb
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Every culture has its own version of what lies “on the other side” of the veil
Sun 28 Feb
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Exploring the challenges and opportunities presented by telling a story from the ghost's point of view.
Sun 28 Feb
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Looking at how cosmic horror can serve as a ripe source of comedy.
Sun 28 Feb
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