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Writer's Lab - Daily Life
This gives the basic structure of a day in The Skyros Centre, but keep
in mind that you are free to do as much or as little as you like. There
is also a 'weekend' half-way through the session and the opportunity
for local excursions including a visit to Atsitsa Bay, to Palamari, the
5,000 years old remnants of this Skyros village, or to Rupert Brooke’s
grave. Then, of course, there are all the pleasures of a charming Greek
village and the beach life.
7am: Optional Early Morning Yoga
8.15am: Breakfast, Greek Lesson and Community Affairs
10.30am to 1.30pm: Writing Course
1.30pm: Lunch, followed by Siesta (beach, bed, books..)
6.30pm: A Taste of Greece:
one-off events ranging from Greek music, dance and cooking to Greek
mythology, wine-tasting and visits to museums and archaeological sites.
These events will alternate with one-off workshops offered by members
of the Atsitsa staff (e.g. music & singing, comedy improvisation,
salsa, belly dance, massage and various other workshops - see under Courses for a lists of workshops offered for each session)
8.00pm: Dinner (usually in the village) impromptu events and night life
Every session offers the traditional Skyros structures of demos
(community affairs) and optional co-listening (meeting a partner daily
to share feelings and ideas).
Writers' Labs in May are at
Atsitsa this Year and follow a separate programme. There is optional
early morning Yoga; the Writing Course itself is from 10.00am to 1.00pm. There are no Taste of Greece events, but participants can join Atsitsa courses for the 5.00pm course sessions (see Atsitsa pages).
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“Half an hour later,
my budding authors
were in business,
perspiring but eager.
They had written
pages. It was all
fresh and good
and entertaining.”
Clare Boylan, The Irish Times
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