Join these neurodivergent-affirming creative writing sessions where we'll explore the lived experiences, challenges, and gifts of neurodiversity through poetry and prose. Using texts from neurodivergent authors as our starting points, we'll investigate concepts like self-acceptance, masking, monotropism, the double empathy problem, and navigating a world designed for neurotypicals.
Through guided writing exercises and supportive discussion, these workshops create space for deeper understanding of our own or others' neurodivergence while exploring wider social and cultural perspectives. We will write our own words and look at material from neurodivergent and neuroqueer authors including: Joanne Limburg, Nick Walker, Katherine May, Melanie Yergeau, Selima Hill.
This page is specifically for people who wish to access Kate's 50% discounted bursary tickets for any of the weekly Exploring Neurodiversity: Creative Writing Workshops.
There are 4 bursary spaces on each session. These are intended for those who genuinely need financial support and are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
All writing abilities welcome.
Join for one-off sessions or come regularly.
Come as you are, and participate in whatever way feels best for you. You can have your camera on and join in by speaking, asking questions, or sharing your work, but there is no expectation to do so. You can also contribute by using the Chat function, which will be open throughout. If you prefer, you can keep your camera off for some or all of the session and take part in the writing exercises without sharing. However you choose to engage is completely valid, what matters if you feel comfortable and included.
If you have any questions or queries about the sessions, please do not hesitate to reach out to ahappyplace.enquiries@gmail.com
Here's some of the feedback from previous course participants!
🌟 "The course is a practice in self-acceptance with a welcoming and knowledgeable host. You quickly get the sense of how much Kate is a walking library and feel encouraged by her. It was a privilege getting to witness each other, share our words, and connect in a world full of missed connections. A lifeline." — Salma, Course Participant
🌟 "Kate's workshops have been a delight, and I’m sad the course is ending. Kate has a knack for creating and maintaining a welcoming, easy-going space for creative exploration, with great source materials and exercises to help ideas flow." — Fergus Murray, Course Participant
🌟 "I found the course enjoyable and accessible. The resonance with others and the safe space to reflect on neurodivergent life was enriching. Kate was a generous, thoughtful, and inclusive facilitator who created a space where we could all connect and contribute in a way that worked for us." — Rox, Course Participant
🌟 "If you're neurodivergent or suspect you might be, I highly recommend Kate’s poetry courses. They are poetry for the soul and may just help bring you home to yourself." — Rachael, Course Participant
The sessions will be facilitated by (Dr) Kate Fox.
Poet and regular broadcaster on Radio 4. Author of “On Sycamore Gap” (Harper North), “Bigger on the Inside (Smokestack Books) and The Oscillations (Nine Arches Press) and “Where There’s Muck There’s Bras: Amazing Stories of Northern Women” (Harper North). Co Editor of the “Neurodiverse” anthology (Flapjack Press).
Poet in Residence for Glastonbury Festival, the Great North Run, Tour de Yorkshire and Radio 4’s Saturday Live. Forward Poetry Prizes judge, 2023.
PhD in Performance Studies from the University of Leeds.
Steering group member for the Playing A/Part project at the University of Kent looking at Autistic girls and women and performance. Speaker/presenter at conferences including the National Autistic Society, Scottish Autism, Participatory Autism Research, Autangel, Autscape and AMASE, Autism and the Arts Festival, Ruskin Mill Neurodiversity Conference.
Co-host of the “Neurotypicals Don’t Juggle Chainsaws Podcast”. Creator of the “Bigger on the Inside” spoken word touring show about Doctor Who and neurodiversity.
