BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.3.5//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2317@porty.live DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260621T170000 DTSTAMP:20260613T155715Z URL:https://www.porty.live/whatson/events/edinburgh-writers-retreat-big-we ekender/ SUMMARY:Edinburgh Writers’ Retreat Big Weekender DESCRIPTION:A one-day writing retreat not enough for you? Don’t panic! We ’ve got you covered. Introducing the very first Edinburgh Writers’ Ret reat BIG WEEKENDER! Yes that’s right\, an entire weekend of writing\, mi ni-workshops\, hanging out with the best writers\, more writing\, snacks\, tea drinking\, more writing and high-quality food from local\, independen t eateries. Say waaat?! It is\, indeed\, too good to be true.\nHere’s wh at’s happening:\n🗓️ Friday 19 June\n🕣 7pm-9pm Meet your fellow r etreaters with this evening social\nWelcome drinks\nDelicious pizza from a n independent local Pizzeria\nNon-cringe fun icebreaker\nGetting prepped a nd pepped for the weekend\; discussing projects and goals\nGeneral minglin g\nA writing-and-literature mini quiz\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ n🗓️ Saturday 21 June\n🕣 9.45am arrival for a 10am start. Finish at 4pm.\nJournaling Start the day with a 30-minute mini journaling workshop before launching into a classic Writers’ HQ retreat day.\nWriting Get re ady for an intensive day of writing. With projects and goals already discu ssed the night before\, you can dive straight in! Write in sprints until l unch time. Eat yourself into a coma with a delicious lunch from a local de li\, and then write again until 4pm.\nSocial Hour 4pm-5pm Time to unwind a nd relax! Celebrate your writing achievements with your fellow retreat-mat es with a couple of drinks and some snacks. There’s the option to contin ue this in one of the lovely local pubs.\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~\n🗓️ Sunday 22 June\n🕣 9.45am arrival for a 10am start. Finish at 4pm.\nGoal setting Warm yourself up for a super productive day of writi ng by discussing your goals and how you’re doing to get there.\nWriting Write in sprints until lunch time and once again eat yourself into an ill- advised coma with a delicious lunch from a local deli.\nProductivity Works hop After lunch\, participate in a mini productivity workshop focusing on how to keep up a regular writing routine\, an exploration of barriers\, ho w we keep going and some practical tips and exercises.\nMore writing! Writ e in sprints until 4pm. Close Celebrate your weekend of writing with a gla ss of prosecco or nosecco\, general high fives and good cheer. Hooray! \n Important things you need to know\, or answers to questions you might have \n🙋‍♀️ Is this for me? Yes! You don’t need to be a pro writer\, an expert\, an academic or anything high falutin. Just bring yourself\, y our writing\, and your stomach. Writers’ HQ retreats are for EVERYONE.\n 🍕Food &\; drink We will feed you on Friday night (pizza)\, Saturday morning (pastries)\, Saturday lunch time (buffet)\, Sunday morning (pastr ies)\, and Sunday lunch time (buffet). There will also be never ending tea and coffee and plenty of snacks\, and we provide the end-of-retreat fizz. Dinner on Saturday or Sunday isn’t included\, nor are drinks in the pub . Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book so we ca n make sure not to accidentally cheese up your lactose intolerant tummy.\n 🛌 Accomodation This retreat DOES NOT include accommodation. If you are not local to the area\, please make sure you have somewhere to stay.\n📖 Host The Weekender is hosted by the amazing Veronique Kootstra! Veronique has been running Writers’ HQ retreats for nearly eight years\, because she is a goddamn hero\, and is very familiar to Edinburgh retreat regulars . Veronique is from the Netherlands but for the past twenty-three years ha s lived and worked in Edinburgh. English is now the language she writes an d\, weirdly\, dreams in. Her work has appeared in 404 Ink magazine\, Mycel ia\, The London Reader\, The Scotsman and in various anthologies and websi tes. She won a highly commended writing award from the Scottish Mental Hea lth Arts and Film Festival and was shortlisted for the Bath Flash Fiction Award. She is currently working on a novel and after a few false starts\, she’s determined to finish it this year. When she’s not writing you ca n usually find her in the cinema.\n🏠 Venue This retreat is at Tribe Por ty\, where we hold all our other events. The address is 19 Windsor Pl\, Ed inburgh\, EH15 2AJ. Tribe Porty has level and step-free access throughout\ , and an accessible disabled toilet. The walls and the doors have high col our contrast and there is good lighting throughout.\n🎟️ Space There a re only 17 places available for this retreat (and we’re expecting it to sell out).\n💷 Cost A ticket for the Edinburgh Writers’ Retreat Weeken der is £225\, or £200 for WHQ members. There are no single day tickets\, but if you want one day of writing\, check out all the one day writing re treats right here.\nYour host for these shenanigans…\;\nVeronique run s the Writers’ HQ Edinburgh retreats and also hosts online weekend retre ats and write-alongs. She writes short stories\, flash fiction and has rec ently finished her first novel. 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