Join us for a day of Mindful Writing
The Mindful Writing Festival is here!
Hi, I am really excited to be holding the first Mindful Writing Festival and to be working with so many other great writers to bring you a day of inspiring workshops, connections and chats. I hope you will be able to join us. Even if you can’t make it live, there is a Recordings Only ticket option that will let you catch up with everything in your own time.
If you read my posts regularly you’ll know that I truly believe that by bringing mindfulness to our writing practice we can use our words as a force of good in the world to help us all heal and come together, which is vital in the divisive times we find ourselves living in. Let’s work together to reconnect with everyone and everything we are sharing this human experience on this planet with and spread messages of love, peace, hope and unity with our stories. 💙
With love,
The Mindful Writing Festival
POSTPONED - NEW DATE TBC SOON
Join us online for an inspiring and motivating day dedicated to mindful writing where you can deepen your connection to your craft.
Workshops focused on fiction, memoir and personal essays plus a lively panel Q&A with dedicated mindful writers.
Being a Mindful Writer with Amanda Saint (me!)
10.00 - 10.45 GMT
What does it mean to be a mindful writer and why should you bring mindfulness into your fiction writing practice?
Join Amanda Saint to discover how it can transform your relationship with your craft, yourself, others, and the world around you to enrich your experience of it all.
Amanda Saint is the founder of The Mindful Writer and an author and writing coach dedicated to helping writers find their voice and keep the love of writing alive, while using their stories to create positive human connection. She's the author of two novels, As If I Were A River (2016) and Remember Tomorrow (2019) and a novella-in-flash, Pressure Drop (2024). Find out more about her here.
Write in the Way that Works for You with Claire Venus
11.00 - 12.00 GMT
In this session you'll hear from Claire about how she builds her Substack channels joyfully and sustainably, the power of networks and how to get creative and organised for your own Substack in a mindful way.
is an Engagement Consultant and Mentor. She lives on the Northumberland Coast with her family. Claire is passionate about life in the slow lane and building a business that takes care of you and excites you. She has been teaching us how to Sparkle on Substack since 2023.Mindful Memoir with Ros Barber
13.00 - 14.30 GMT
How can we write about our lives truthfully without upsetting others? This is a lesson Ros has been learning over the last twenty years; including getting it wrong. Compassion is essential, but what if you don’t feel it? What if you still feel injured and angry? Mindful memoir moves us through our hurt so that the process of writing our memoir becomes truly healing for us without being injurious to others. Borrowing some key skills from novelists, this interactive workshop will show you how you can transform pain into insights through the alchemy of writing.
has been teaching creative and life writing for over 25 years. Her critically acclaimed novel The Marlowe Papers (2012) won the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Author’s Club Best First Novel Award, and was longlisted for the Women’s Fiction Prize. Her popular memoir-focused Substack is How to Evolve.Mindful Use of Sounds & Language in Writing with TeriLeigh
14.45 - 16.15
Words shape reality. Whether we’re writing to build a community, tell a story, or share our wisdom, the language we choose carries a power that extends beyond the page. This interactive workshop will share exercises and practices that help: bring your authentic voice to the page; analyse your writing for subconscious pitfalls that block your message; subliminally impact your readers through sound and letter repetitions. Bring a sample of your writing to work with, and come ready to explore, create, and discover the spellbinding power of your words!
sees the world—and words—through a blend of neurological superpowers (synesthesia, hyperacusis, and aura perception). She approaches language as a multi-sensory adventure as for her, words aren’t just letters on a page; they are vibrant colours, resonant sounds, and profound energies that shape our lives.She writes four Substack publications where she explores everything from mindful communication, relationships, and personal growth to the enchanting power of language and fostering authentic creative communities.
Mindful Writing Panel Q&A
16.30-17.30 GMT
Join us for a discussion of the different ways these writers bring mindfulness to their writing practice.
Maia Duerr
A cultural anthropologist, writer, and longtime Zen meditation practitioner,
offers mindfulness and other reflective practices that cultivate compassion, awareness, and social transformation.Don Boivin
Diamond-Michael Scott
During these times of uncertainty, societal upheaval, and global chaos,
extends to you an invitation to drink deeply from a wellspring of Eastern philosophical wisdom.Amanda Saint
Author, publisher and writing coach,
uses mindfulness and creative writing to connect writers more deeply to themselves and their craft to bring more stories filled with compassion and messages of unity, peace and love to the world.TeriLeigh
Ryan Delaney
Choose your ticket
You can get tickets for the whole day, for individual sessions or for recordings only.
Members of The Mindful Writer Community and/or The Mindful Writer Substack get a discounted rate.
What a lineup!
Sounds great, Amanda!