Write to Connect: Creating Characters That Breathe at Duchy Nursery

7th March 2026: 9am – 12pm

Through guided exercises, thoughtful prompts, and creative exploration, you’ll learn to breathe life into your characters, understanding their desires, quirks, and inner worlds. Together, we’ll practise techniques that deepen emotional authenticity, spark imagination, and help your stories resonate with truth and vitality.
This workshop is a hands-on space to experiment, discover, and deepen your connection to the people you create on the page, helping your stories resonate with authenticity and heart.

£45 per person (includes continental breakfast)

Words of Care: A Mother’s Day Workshop Day at Truro School

14th March 2026: 10am – 12pm

Celebrate Mother’s Day with words! This family-friendly creative writing workshop invites children to explore poetry, imagination, and storytelling as they write heartfelt (and sometimes funny!) pieces celebrating mums and special caregivers.

All information on this event can be found on the Truro School Enterprises Facebook page. Click on the link below to purchase your tickets with Truro School.
Truro School Library, Truro, TR1 1TH

£5.42 – £16.26 per child and adult

Write-Only Morning Retreat at The Elm Tree Tearooms

29th March 2026: 9am – 12pm

Escape the noise and give your words the space they deserve with our quarterly write-only morning retreats at The Elm Tree near Truro. Set in a calm, tranquil setting designed for deep focus, you can rent your own desk for the day and simply write. No workshops; no distractions. Your retreat includes hot drinks and a sweet treat, so you can stay nourished and immersed in your work all morning.
Whether you’re drafting, editing, or reconnecting with your creative flow, this is a quiet, restorative day created just for writers.

£25 per person (includes a hot drink and cake)

Growing a Novel: Structuring Your Story at Charlie’s Farmshop

12th April 2026: 10am – 1pm

Join us at our brand new venue: Charlie’s Farmshop is located at Pantersbridge near Bodmin. This workshop focuses on structure which supports creativity. Designed for writers at any stage, the day explores how to plan, shape, and strengthen a novel using practical, flexible frameworks.
Through clear teaching and hands-on exercises, you’ll gain tools to organise your ideas, improve pacing, and move your story forward with confidence. You’ll leave with a clearer plan for your novel and strategies you can return to throughout the writing process. A delicious grazing platter included, with opportunities to purchase discounted drinks from the café.

£40 per person (includes grazing platter)

Words by the Water: A Descriptive Writing Morning at The Courtyard

7th June 2026: 9am – 12pm

Our brand new venue in the seaside town of Looe offers sea air, warm coffee, and the quiet luxury of unhurried creativity. Words by the Water invites you to gather for a beautifully guided exploration of descriptive writing.

You’ll be guided through thoughtfully designed exercises to awaken the senses and refine your craft. We’ll explore sense of place, the language of landscape, and how description can immerse a reader in a moment.

Whether you’re an experienced writer or simply longing for a morning of quiet creative space, Words by the Water offers inspiration, nourishment, and the pleasure of time set aside to write.

£45 per person (includes continental breakfast)

Write to Reflect: Mid-Year Journalling for Perspective at Duchy Nursery

26th July 2026: 10am – 1pm

Step back, take stock, and reconnect with yourself in this mid-year journalling workshop. Write to Reflect builds on the themes of Write to Rise, but is open to all writers, whether you attended the first workshop or are joining fresh.

Through guided prompts and reflective exercises, you’ll explore your experiences so far, gain perspective, and uncover insights to carry you through the rest of the year. It’s a practical, restorative space to pause, process, and reconnect with your thoughts, goals, and creativity.

Set against the beautiful surroundings of Duchy Nursery and accompanied by a delicious continental breakfast, you’ll leave feeling refreshed, grounded, and inspired.

£45 per person (includes continental breakfast)

The Du Maurier Fowey Literary Festival

7th May 2026: 10am – 12pm

I am delighted to confirm that Lamorna Academy will be featuring this year. Details to be confirmed on release of festival programme.

Cornish Indie Book Festival

16th May 2026: 1pm – 2pm

Chain Locker, Quay St, Falmouth

Shaping your characters with Lamorna Ireland.

“Join our hour-long workshop, where guided exercises and thoughtful prompts will introduce you to practical techniques for breathing life into your characters. You’ll explore their desires, quirks, and inner worlds in depth.

Lamorna will share her unique approach to deepening emotional authenticity, sparking imagination, and helping your stories resonate with truth and vitality.”

Penzance Literary Festival

7th July 2026: 1pm – 3pm

I am delighted to confirm that Lamorna Academy will be featuring this year. Details to be confirmed on release of festival programme.