Writing Programmes for writers who write
Ordinary Magic
A poet and a coach walk into a bar…
Not really - they are both sober.
Next full Writing Workshop Round - To be Annouced!
In the meantime, curious what Ordinary Magic is? Read more here
What I learnt from my first 10 week programme with Carolyn!
"Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed."
Ray Bradbury
YES RAY - Let’s output SOOOOO MUCH
MeetYour Hosts
Carolyn Hashimoto
Carolyn Hashimoto is a published poet, editor and mentor who returned to Scotland after living in Japan for 20 years. She has published two collections of poetry - COW (Osmosis Press, 2022) and The Chips are Down Here in Lockdown (OrangeApplePress, 2021) - and other works have appeared in Gutter Magazine, 3AM Magazine, BlueHouse Journal and Tentacular amongst others. COW is currently being studied as part of Brunel University’s MA in Creative Writing, and Carolyn is herself a graduate, with distinction, of the University of Glasgow’s prestigious creative writing masters’ programme. She is the founder and editor of Skirting Around – an online journal which explores the politics and emotions of women’s clothing through writing and art. Issue 3 of which will be coming out in February, and a series of Weekly Workouts are currently being run by Carolyn on Zoom. Her mentorship programme Lost For Words was launched in 2022, and is open to writers of all levels and abilities. In the same year she was invited to participate in JUPE: Japanese UK Poetry Exchange - an international poetry project which featured new collaborations made by Japanese and British poets.
Sarah Furuya
Sarah Furuya is a magic-weaving coach who has stewarded books, poems, art, paintings, designs, style, song, music, illustration and multiple creative projects into the world. She collects art, and documents the sky from her hillside retreat near the sea South of Tokyo where she host the Legends Podcast, Lighthouse Grief Circle and promotes artists. Based in Japan since 2001 the heart of her practice is the many ways to lead a life, and working with and telling people’s stories.
Since starting her coaching business in 2012 she has taken hundreds of people through coaching programs and individual coaching. She holds a BSC hons in Human Psychology and Human Biology and is a trained Organisation and Relationship Systems Coach ORSC™ and a certified psychometric practitioner. She honours the influence of those who have passed on and the deep adjustment of grief in a person's life. Sarah hosts and runs Tokyo’s largest clothing exchange, combining her love of fashion and style with conscious consumption and community. Sarah is published in Moon Hotel Press’s 2024 publication “Summer Diary”.
