Silver Wings: Archive Creative Writing Course

Join this 10 week archive-inspired creative writing course, led by a tutor from University of East Anglia.

Develop your writing skills in these friendly and informal sessions led by Dr Suzanne Solomon. We will explore a World War II archive for inspiration in the creation of an original short story or poem. No writing experience required. There is an opportunity to have your work displayed or read at the Forum, Norwich, in September 2025.

This free creative writing course is funded as part of Silver Wings, a project which explores the history of WWII in our local community, and the influence of the United States Army Air Forces. In this guided writing course, participants will use archive materials to create new stories, weaving together truth and fiction.

Please note you must register for a place for this course, and it is a ten week course, with a 1 week break between class 5 and class 6.

The workshop will last from 5.15pm to 6.45pm.

Silver Wings is presented by The Forum in partnership with the American Library, Memorial to the 2nd Air Division, 8th Air Force, United States Army Air Forces.

Silver Wings: The US Army Air Forces in WWII Norfolk will culminate in a ten-day exhibition and series of talks at The Forum, presented Fri 12 - Sun 21 September 2025 as part of Norfolk Heritage Open Days.

Silver Wings is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund, and supported by The Paul Bassham Charitable Trust, The Second Air Division Memorial Trust, The Alan Boswell Group Charitable Trust and Anguish's Educational Foundation.