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Workshop in the Viewing Room, Michael Bowles. Source: Wellcome Collection. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

What you’ll do

Join Sarah Dabbs and Polly Bodetto from our Visitor Experience and Library team in a science fiction writing workshop that uses a selection of images and texts on mushrooms and fungi for inspiration.

You can join in activities, such as such as a foraging visualisation, creating a fungi dating profile and mushroom roulette, to help you weave your own mycelial network.

You will then have a chance to write a science fiction piece inspired by the items you’ve examined.

The workshop is open to all levels, from beginners who want a place to start to more experienced writers who may be looking for a spark for their next piece.

Dates

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Past

Need to know

Location

We’ll be in the Viewing Room. It’s next to the Library entrance on level 2, which you can reach by taking the lift or the stairs.

Place not guaranteed

Booking a ticket for a free event does not guarantee you a place. You should aim to arrive 15 minutes before the event is scheduled to start to claim your place. If you do not arrive on time, your place may be given to someone on the waiting list.

For more information, please visit our Accessibility page. If you have any queries about accessibility, please email us at access@wellcomecollection.org or call 0 2 0. 7 6 1 1. 2 2 2 2

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About your facilitators

Black and white photograph of the head and shoulders of a young woman with short dark hair and round glasses. The woman is looking up and to the right.

Polly Bodetto

(she/her)

Polly is a library experience and engagement facilitator at Wellcome Collection and an art historian who loves the history of trade routes, collage making, and occultism.

Sarah Dabbs

Sarah Dabbs

(she/her)

Sarah is a Visitor Experience Assistant at Wellcome Collection, a medical doctor and a writer. She loves all things medical history, especially around medieval concepts of medicine, Georgian and Dickensian London, and maritime folklore.