This book offers a multifaceted perspective on social writing in a volatile, uncertain and complex world. It meets the need to enable womens capacity, especially in academic settings, to structure their own writing practice and that of others in the community. It expands current research on social writing beyond its core context in English-speaking countries to multilingual contexts from Portugal to Finland, identifying fruitful areas for interdisciplinary research, nexuses of social practice, and strategies for situated social learning through a feminist lens, bringing women from the margins to the centre. As the average woman academic with children is losing an hour of research and writing time every day in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the impact of which will be felt for decades, the book purposefully entwines these polyphonic voices to tell the story of a writing retreat as a space for leadership and empowerment.
1. Introduction: from our writing rooms to yours Joana Pais Zozimo,
Kate Sotejeff-Wilson, and Wendy Baldwin.- Section 1: Physical support and
wellbeing.- 2. Look out! Navigating multiple spaces to sustain the benefits
of writing retreats Rowena Murray.- 3.Thoughts on folklore Lucy
Hinnie.- 4. Dont starve: change the recipe Jess Kelley.- 5. Retreat in daily
life: integrating writing into work and life Kate Sotejeff-Wilson.- Section
2: Cognitive and affective connections.- 6. Some kind of writer: the writer
spectrum, and a not-magic formula for development Sarah Haas.- 7. Coaching
interventions in writing retreats: a creativity boost Natalie
Lancer.- 8. Adapting the structured model, building capacity, and
facilitating your own productivity as a writer Jo Garrick 9. Different layers
of togetherness: virtual writing sessions during and after Covid-19 Katarina
Damevi.- Section 3: Social interactions and relations.- 10.Transferring
social writing practices to our communities in Finnish universities Camilla
Lindholm and Johanna Isosävi.- 11. Becoming a facilitator: finding my own
delivery style through opportunities and challenges Marcella
Sutcliffe.- 12. Linguistic care work in proximal zones: towards allied
academiceditor critical agency linguistic care work in third spaces: Theresa
Truax-Gischler.- 13. Meetings at the textface: what academics and language
professionals gain when they team up and adopt a social writing approach to
academic text production Wendy Baldwin.
Joana Pais Zozimo is a senior researcher at Lancaster University, UK, and writing retreat facilitator based in Portugal.Kate Sotejeff-Wilson is an academic editor, translator, and writing retreat facilitator based in Finland.
Wendy Baldwin is an academic editor, translator, and structured writing facilitator based in Spain.
