Literary Autumn: A reading & writing workshop
Literary Autumn: an online reading & writing workshop
A journey through stories of what falls & what remains
In Arabic, autumn is خريف (kharīf), from a root linked to gathering ripe fruit. English chose “fall,” the dropping. Autumn holds both: a season of gathering what ripened, and of letting fall what we can’t carry into winter.
Across 90 minutes, we’ll follow a tree through four moments (gathering, turning, falling and rooting), reading poems and excerpts by writers from Lebanon to the United States, and writing our way throughout the season. No experience in writing required. Just curiosity, and a love for words.
What to expect:
A live 90-minute session over Zoom (link sent after booking)
Short readings paired with guided discussion and writing prompts
A small group, held with care
Nothing you write will be shared unless you want it to be
You can write in the language you prefer
When: Thursday, November 5th, 7-8:30pm (Morocco time, GMT)
Fee: £15 / €18
Your facilitator: Aïcha is a curator, cultural producer, and creative strategist working at the intersection of culture, community, and creative dialogue.
She created Words in Motion from a love of stories and a belief that the most meaningful experiences happen when people gather around them, in books, workshops, and the kind of spaces where culture becomes community. Running reading and writing workshops has become one of her favorite parts of that work: the moment when a room full of strangers starts writing toward the same idea from entirely different places.
She holds degrees from the University of Oxford and the London School of Economics, but her first credentials were always curiosity, a love of reading and writing, and a belief in the power of stories to transform how we see our lives.
Based in Rabat? An in-person edition takes place on Saturday, October 31st at Chellah. Message me on Instagram to join.
If you have any questions, please feel free to message!