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12 August 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Pre-Greenbelt Meetup + Conversations with Nature #3

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You are warmly invited to our third workshop for Conversations with Nature on the topic of 'Letting it Go', the theme of Greenbelt 2026. 

If you are planning on going to Greenbelt this year, or are sad you can't make it, this informal meetup and poetry workshop is for you!

Please come and share some of your experiences of nature and any poetry writing for nature you may have started, perhaps from previous QAN workshops on nature or as a complete newcomer to writing.

We will have some prompts to help us with writing for the poetry anthology we hope to create or just for the enjoyment of engaging with nature through our pens or digital fingers!

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/

27 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site. If you're interested in joining the QAN volunteer team, please fill out this form - applications are now open! 

28 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site.If you're interested in joining the QAN volunteer team, please fill out this form - applications are now open! 

29 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site. If you're interested in joining the QAN volunteer team, please fill out this form - applications are now open! 

30 August 2026

QAN at Greenbelt Festival

Venue: Boughton House, Kettering, Northants

Once again QAN will be holding a Quaker space at Greenbelt Festival. Come and find our gazebo in the Takeaway area, where we will a welcoming presence and hub for all things Quaker on site. If you're interested in joining the QAN volunteer team, please fill out this form - applications are now open! 

23 September 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Reflecting on the Seasons - Conversations with Nature #4

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You are warmly invited to our fourth workshop for Conversations with Nature. 

Please come and share some of your experiences of nature and any writing for nature you may have started. Perhaps from previous QAN workshops on nature or as a complete newcomer to writing.

We will have some prompts to help us with writing for the poetry anthology we hope to create or just for the enjoyment of engaging with nature through our pens or digital fingers!

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/

25 September 2026 at 19:00 – 21:00

The Priest's Tale - a play by Michael Mears

Venue: Kingston Quaker Centre, Fairfield East, KT1 2PT

The Priest's Tale is the riveting story of a miraculous suitcase, a daring escape and the devastation wreaked on a city in a single instant by a nuclear bomb.

Join us for this one man play written and performed by award winning actor Michael Mears.

The event will be followed by Q&A.

26 September 2026 at 11:00 – 16:00

Picnic for Peace - with Creative Voices for Peace

Venue: Abbey Gardens, Winchester SO23 9BE Also at Friends Meeting House and St Lawrence Parish Room on Colebrook Street SO23 9LH

A day of music, poetry and visual art from different traditions, with local faith and non-faith groups, bringing together those who wish to foster peaceful relationships, and helping people connect with their local community, and appreciate its diversity.

21 October 2026 at 19:00 – 20:30

Editing Work for Publication - Conversations with Nature #5

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You are warmly invited to our fifth and final workshop for Conversations with Nature in which we we will work on editing poems so they are ready for publication.

For more information (opens in new window):
https://quakerarts.net/projects/conversations-with-nature/