Cliff Edge captures the precarious moment where textile art stands today: between tradition and innovation, craft and concept, material and message.

To coincide with an exhibition of textiles, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore tactility in poems: how we write the sense of touch, how we write about what touches us, how we touch and move a reader.

Improvised Paper Piecing - Give a contemporary twist to traditional English Paper Piecing (EPP) in this creative, hands-on workshop. You’ll learn a range of techniques to begin your journey into improvised paper patchwork, intuitive colour choices and layouts.

An informal evening at Artspace on the prom, with conversations with some of the textile artists

The sixth Cromer Open featuring work by nationally and internationally recognised artists alongside emerging artists and those from underrepresented groups, selected from an Open Call for submissions.

A conversation with some of this year's exhibitors.

To coincide with an exhibition linked to Manchester, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore how we write about the city: how we can reflect its scale, energy and diversity in the poems we write about it.

To coincide with the festive season, through a series of writing exercises and group discussions of poems, in this interactive writing workshop we’ll explore poetry about the family and festivities.