• Writing Gym

    Emirates Literature Foundation Dar Al Adaab, Al Shindagha, Dubai

    A nice idea from Emirates Literature Foundation – a casual two-hour hands-on session of writing sprints, creative challenges, and independent writing. Useful whether you’re blocked, halfway through a novel, starting with a blank page, or experimenting with poetry or monologues. [... more]

    AED 55
  • A Writing Practice: Visual Poetry

    421 Arts Campus Mina Zayed, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    421's writing seminar, led by Sarah Afaneh and designed for writers at any stage of their practice, approaches the page as a spatial site for poetry – considering how typography, fragmentation, erasure, and arrangement can shape meaning. Participants will play with [... more]

    Free, but pre-register
  • Beyond the Book Club: Sense and Sensibility

    Emirates Literature Foundation Dar Al Adaab, Al Shindagha, Dubai

    An afternoon dedicated to Jane Austen’s novel of love, family, heartbreak, and societal expectations (which of course you could say about most of her novels. Maybe not Northanger Abbey ...) This sort-of book club with tea and good conversation will [... more]

    AED 105