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This creative LGBTQ+ writing workshop will allow participants to respond creatively to four objects featured in the gallery.

Age 16+

If you write fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics or do artwork, you’ll find a wealth of inspiration here.

The two and a half hour session will explore the queer history of the four items, allow time to begin writing, and conclude with tips on improving writing skills. Submitted works will appear later in a free ebook.

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Norena Shopland is an author/historian, specialising in researching and writing about diversity in Welsh history.

Her works include Forbidden Lives: LGBT Stories from Wales the first work on Welsh sexual orientation and gender identity history; and A History of Women in Men’s Clothes: From Cross-Dressing to Empowerment.

Norena writes a monthly column for Nation Cymru on Welsh history.

Her latest books are, My love all Love excels: The Remarkable Life and Times of 17th-Century Poet, Katherine Philips (Parthian Books, forthcoming June 2026) and Queer Wales on This Day (Calon Books, forthcoming February 2027). Several fictional stories have appeared in e-Publications.