Winter of Wellbeing 2026 - Season Ticket

Overview

The life of a children’s book creator can often be exhausting. Whether you are just starting out and are trying to cram writing or illustrating into the tiny spaces in your day while still trying to keep the day job and some semblance of a life, or you are already established and are balancing deadlines and workload with bills and family demands, this season is for you!

Our Winter of Wellbeing has been designed to equip you with the tools to look after your creative wellbeing amidst your real life struggles and juggles, whilst giving the support and opportunity to practice these tools and make it work for YOU, wherever you are at.

We will do this in three ways:

1) a series of 5 webinars, each focusing on a different aspect and approach to looking after creative wellbeing (see details below)

2) 6 online social support meetings, combining time to share your goals and struggles with others experiencing similar challenges with fun and helpful activities (see details below)

3) a customisable wellbeing tracker with gold stars to help keep you motivated to look after yourself, and feel good about it when you do (plus a badge at the end to show off your accomplishment!)*

All this is just £30 for members / £100 for non-members

(once you buy your season ticket, you do not need to purchase any individual tickets for events)

The Webinars (member price £10 each / non-members £20)

Batteries Not Included: a real life-guide to managing your creative energy with nutrition with Julia Swann

Tuesday 24th November 7pm BST

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Escaping Block and Burnout: Mental Health, Mindfulness & Manuscripts with Tara Michener

Tuesday 1st December 7:30pm BST

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Clearing Creative Cobwebs: Mind Mapping and Meditation for Authors and Illustrators with TeMika Grooms

Thursday 7th January 7pm BST

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The Juggle is Real: Wisdom from a Successful Writer and Home-Educating Mum of Six with Amy Sparkes

Monday 11th January 7:30pm BST

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Cultivating Self-Care: A Plant-Inspired Strategy for ADHDers (and others) with Susanne Schotanus

Monday 18th January 7:30pm BST

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The Online Social Support Groups (member price £5 each / non-members £10)

Session 1: Setting up and setting off!

• An opportunity to meet others in a similar boat, plan your goals, discuss your concerns and get excited together!

Monday 23rd November 7:30pm BST

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Session 2: Check in and quiz

• A chance to touch base with how things are going, to share your struggles and your triumphs! Followed by a fun, book-related quiz (optional).

Sunday 13th December 7:30pm BST

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Session 3: Check in and snowglobe stories

• A chance to touch base with how things are going, to share your struggles and your triumphs! Followed by a seasonal creative exercise to do together (optional).

Friday 18th December 7:30pm BST

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Session 4: Check in and ‘word for the year’

• A chance to touch base with how things are going, to share your struggles and your triumphs! Followed by an opportunity to try an alternative to New Year’s resolutions (optional).

Wednesday 30th December 7:30pm BST

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Session 5: Check in and ‘show and tell’

• A chance to touch base with how things are going, to share your struggles and your triumphs! Followed by an opportunity to share and seek inspiration from a nature item you have found recently (optional).

Saturday 16th January 4:00pm (BST)

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Final check in and letter writing

• A chance to touch base with how things are going, to share your struggles and your triumphs! Followed by the chance to nourish yourself and others with some gently guided letter-writing (optional).

Sunday 31st January 4:00pm (BST)

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The Cost

Looking after your creative wellbeing is SO important, and thanks to a generous grant we are able to offer a bargain rate^:

£30 for members / £100 for non-members

Saving you at least £50 on purchasing them individually PLUS you get a bonus Wellbeing Tracker and button badge*!

(once you buy your season ticket, you do not need to purchase any individual tickets for events)

BE QUICK! Season tickets are onlhe available up to 22nd November- after this you would have to purchase the events individually…

*PLEASE NOTE: if you are living outside the UK and purchase a ticket, then you will be sent an email with printable resources and will NOT receive these in the mail.

^If this is still not affordable for you, and you think you would benefit from this Season ticket, please reach out to Cat Parker on [email protected] … We are here for you.

This event is made possible by a grant from SCBWI and the Authors Coalition of America.