Emily Utter
Emily has been developing and delivering creative writing workshops since 2013. Her approach integrates a personal ethos of facilitation with a passion for sharing knowledge. ​Her specialisations are life writing, flash fiction, and the short story.
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She regularly facilitates writing workshops with medical professionals as part of her role as Writer-in-Residence at Roxburghe House and has delivered workshops at the NHS Grampian Palliative Care Conference and the NHS Grampian Medical Humanities Conference.
Emily has previously been commissioned to run workshops for local and national organisations such as Aberdeen City Council, Live Life Aberdeenshire, Rape Crisis Grampian, An Lanntair, Fersands and Fountain Community Centre, CLAN Cancer Support, The Press & Journal, Snug (All in Ideas SCIO), and Open Road.
​Emily is available for workshops, readings, and events through the Scottish Book Trust's Live Literature database, and on a freelance basis for one-off workshops, courses, and on-going programmes.
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"A very enjoyable, well organised session. Good to link the examples of stories to tasks. Thank you."
"The imagination and thought behind Emily’s ideas, in addition [to] utilising art, listening to conversations to enhance genuine dialogue, listening to music and so on, made learning different to what I have experienced previously in the education system and it gave me space to engage imaginatively with different styles of learning.
Emily often remembered discussions and the finer details shared by the class and she introduced them again into her future classes. When Emily remembered information I shared, I felt listened to and understood and it demonstrated the empathy and respect Emily had for my view to introduce it again when it linked to a different or separate discussion. I found Emily to be an incredibly diligent, respectful and gifted person who appreciated each person in the class for who he or she is and this attitude towards others is something I revere."
