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"FINDING YOUR VOICE" with Ease

and author Laura Pashby

 

Friday 28th March 2025

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In our notebooks, we press our past selves between the pages like diaphanous flowers,

so that we can look back and remember who we used to be. 

                                     

                                         ‘I attended Laura Pashby’s Finding Your Voice workshop and it was just inspiring.

                                                                    Open, honest and revealing. It reminded me why I write’ — Claire, 2023

 

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WHERE: Spend the day with a small group of like-minded women in the most gorgeous venue

hidden away in the Oxfordshire countryside. 

 

WHAT TO EXPECT: A full day of learning, writing and nourishment set in a calming and relaxing environment.

This is a really special day, where you will learn to find your voice and tell stories that capture

both who and where you are.

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    Laura Pashby tells stories using words and photographs. She is the author of the narrative

non-fiction Chasing Fog, which is published by Simon & Schuster and was described by Literary Review as 'a frequently beguiling and thought-provoking book'. It was by The Bookseller as an Editor's Choice non-fiction title and the I called it 'an exquisite piece of nature writing' in their 'Best New Books to Read in August 2024'.  

  Her first book Little Stories of Your Life is published by Quadrille.  Illustrated by Laura's photographs, it is about the beauty of ordinary days, and the magic that we find when we pay attention to the details of our lives. 

  Laura Pashby has an MA in Modern & Contemporary Poetry from the University of Bristol.

She shares stories on Instagram (@circleofpines) on her bestselling substack Small Stories and in beautiful magazines such as The Simple Things, Ernest Journal and Country Homes & Interiors.

 

 Over the course of a day, she will share her insights into writing stories of self and place with you.  

Laura will talk you through the experience of writing yourself onto the page, providing real life examples,

and writing exercises to help you learn to channel your inner writer and capture stories of who, and where,

you are in your life right now.  She will also offer advice on sharing stories via social media and / or Substack.

​This is an outstanding opportunity to learn about finding your voice and telling your story with meaningful words and soulful images.  Hosted in a stunning private residence in the Oxfordshire countryside, you'll

receive a welcome  goody bag, and feast on delicious local produce around the dining table for lunch.  

There will also be an opportunity, should you wish, to sit in the garden, to get some fresh air between

workshops and writing sessions.  You may of course prefer to stay indoors with your notebook and get

cosy on the sofa. This will be a really beautiful and unique day which we hope will leave you creatively and spiritually inspired.

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This retreat is for you if… 

1. You're ready to tune in to your inner writer & find your own voice.

2. You'd like to nurture your creative confidence & enhance your writing by using photographs for

prompts & illustration.

3. You're keen to know how to capture self & story on the page.

4. You'd like to incorporate aspects of place into your writing.

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How the day with flow...

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10am: Welcome! Grab a cuppa. Find your seat.

This is your own safe space for the day. 

 

1030 - 1pm: Morning Masterclass: â€‹

Find your voice, tell your story.

Tuning in & capturing your unique voice, discovering what lightsyou up,

exploring story as a way to construct self, journalling as a way in to memoir

 

1pm - 2pm: Delicious light lunch

 

2 - 4pm: Afternoon Masterclass: ​

Creating soulful images.

Photo walk/place writing.

Using the senses to capture who you are & where you are

 

430pm: Wrap up the day and say our farewells.​​

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If you would like to book your place – please email hello@easeretreats.com 

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