Walks, Talks & Workshops

Sonia regularly leads workshops, walkshops and creative walks, and gives talks at festivals and events. Check back here for new dates and events coming up. You can also follow Sonia on Eventbrite for new event listings, including folkwalks.

Tarot Walk – Sunday 22 March 2026

A divination drift for the spring equinox. A morning drift – or ‘derive’ – with the tarot around Sandwich, walking the historic streets guided by gestures and signs in the cards that are drawn. Advance booking essential: details and booking here.

Write the Seasons: Spring – Sunday 29 March 2026

A creative writing workshop at Spellbound in Sandwich Bookshop. Whatever you want to write, responding to the seasons will help you generate ideas and enrich your writing. Whether you’re a seasoned writer, complete beginner or just curious, this workshop will give you the time, space and tools to write creatively. Place very limited; advance booking essential: details and booking here.

Recent past events:

Journaling for Writers Workshop, 22 February 2026

Walkshop: writing on the hoof, Faversham Literary Festival, 21 February 2026

Lovers’ Lore Folkwalk, 14 February 2026

Spectral Shore & Gothic Seaside: Writing the Coastal Weird, UK Ghost Story Festival, 7 February 2026

Candlemas Folkwalk, 31 January & 1 February 2026

Midwinter Folkwalk, 5 December 2025

All Hallows Folkwalk, 1 November 2025

The Poetry of Birds, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, 14 September 2025

Introduction to Nature Writing Workshop, Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory, 11 May 2025

On Hemingway and Eden, in conversation, Faversham Literary Festival, 22 February 2025.

writers’ coffee morning & workshop

coffee_cup_saucerSunday 24th April 10.30am
The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury

meet in the Beaney café

Informal workshop and meet-the-artist opportunity as part of my residency, writing in response to objects in the Beaney collections. Find out about the items that have inspired me and try some writing exercises in the museum. Suitable for all abilities. Bring a notebook and pen.