Opening hours: Mon. - Sat. 9 - 5.30
(Closed Sundays except 11th & 18th December)
Opening hours: Mon. - Sat. 9 - 5.30
(Closed Sundays except 11th & 18th December)
The Kemp Town Bookshop is a venue for evening courses or weekend workshops in creative writing, poetry, literature appreciation, drawing, philosophy and more. Tutors are experienced. Most are from Sussex University and are established practitioners of their subject with books and poetry collections to their names. Several students of the courses have gone on to publish, and in conjunction with Biscuit Jar Publications the bookshop has itself published pieces and collections arising from the evening events. We have the following courses currently on offer; please contact the bookshop to reserve your place.
10 weeks; beginning with basic observational skills and then introducing more experimental approaches.
10 weeks; this course introduces you to philosophy by thinking about our world and our lives. It presumes no prior knowledge, and treats philosophy as both pleasurable and challenging. We'll ask: what can we know, and what can't we know? What can philosophy say about modern politics and war? Is rationality always reasonable? What is the good life?
10 week course; you will be able to explore the essentials of good fiction writing such as the dynamics of a sentence, story, plot characterisation, point of view, and using your senses to bring your writing to life. The two hour sessions will comprise both a taught element and time for people to read and get feedback on their own work.
We are currently holding an exhibition of giclée limited edition prints by The Bookroom Art Press. Many of the artists in the collection held at the bookshop had some connection to Brighton, or to Sussex: Eric Ravilious, Edward Bawden, John and Paul Nash et.al.
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