Nell Carroll Turner – Liskeard Library Writer in Residence

Nell Carroll Turner is a writer and performer who lives near Liskeard. Nell plays with language and dialogue and her writing is creative, poetic, absurd and often a bit wild. She particularly enjoys writing theatre scripts and short stories. Themes include diversity, belonging and nature, always with language play at the core. She loves collecting peoples’ stories, and writing tales based on fact but which swim wildly in the style of magic realism.

As well as writing original work, Nell also translates from French and enjoys the creativity of transposing French verse and poetry to make them accessible and relevant. She is currently translating an autobiography of a French writer and poet. Nell has over 25 years’ teaching experience and holds an MA in Applied Linguistics and an MA in Literary Translation.

She is passionate about teaching, having taught creative writing and academic writing at university level. Nell’s stories and plays have been performed in various locations, including theatres, at the Edinburgh Fringe and in a Cattle Market. Her latest play was shortlisted by the Royal Shakespeare Company as part of 37 Plays, a national playwriting project to commemorate the 400^th anniversary of Shakespeare’s Folio.

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Our Scribe in Residence

Suzanna Jay, The Wild Scribe is a Wordsmith; a mysterious maker of magical papery treasures. She has now become a regular feature of the Liskeard Library on Tuesday mornings, as a Scribe in Residence, and can be found at the foot of the Stairs in her own little “Scribes Corner”

If you should happen to find the Scribe in residence, she will be happy to offer you a place at her table to sit and chat, whilst she creates a little gifted personalised postcard for you, combining her own distinctive form of calligraphy handwriting with quirky miniature paper-art.

Suzanna Jay has lived at Wild Cottage in Cornwall since 2018 and has documented her creative journey on Instagram, sharing stories from her Study, Bindery-Studio and Gardens on subjects such as Journaling, Calligraphy, Mixed Media Art & Book-Binding, as well as teaching informal online groups in various corresponding journaling subjects.

She works happily from home, creating original collections of Hand-Bound Journals, Emotive Papery Makings, Calligraphy Art and Boutique Stationery which she sells online in her website shop.

As a Wordsmith, Suzanna is passionate about capturing precious moments onto a page and in establishing emotive connections through calligraphy, poetry, art and journaling. She is an enthusiastic conversationalist, an idealist, a lover of the classic novels, the romantic poets, pre-Raphaelite art, anything science fiction and is a MAJOR stationery geek.

Previously, having achieved qualifications in Interior Design and Interior Decorative Paint Techniques, Suzanna spent around fifteen years living and working on the south coast of England owning several Vintage Gift & Interiors Shops where she created copious amounts of art and craft items to sell upon the shelves.

Suzanna also taught many arts & craft based classes during this time and provided a welcoming community hub for other local makers to sell their makings and teach their craft. On occasions, both her home and businesses were featured in several national magazines including The English Home Magazine.

Suzanna Jay, The Wild Scribe is a Wordsmith; a mysterious maker of magical papery treasures. She has now become a regular feature of the Liskeard Library on Tuesday mornings, as a Scribe in Residence, and can be found at the foot of the Stairs in her own little “Scribes Corner”

If you should happen to find the Scribe in residence, she will be happy to offer you a place at her table to sit and chat, whilst she creates a little gifted personalised postcard for you, combining her own distinctive form of calligraphy handwriting with quirky miniature paper-art.

Suzanna will also be sharing her passion for various forms of Art Journaling via monthly Journaling Workshops where she hopes to introduce the local community to this most wonderful therapeutic form of creativity and self expression

Suzanna is a life-long independent creative and alongside her new Scribe duties, she also works as an independent Bookbinder and Emotive Artist, creating hand-bound heirloom journals, capturing moments within bespoke boutique stationery and conjuring wonderment within calligraphy paper-art. She documents her creative journey on Instagram via the medium of Art Journaling @wild_scribe_life

Journaling Workshops (aged 16+)

An introduction to the wonderful world of Journaling via a variety of different journaling subjects. Your group is guided by Suzanna Jay, aka The Wild Scribe, @wild_scribe_life – who is part of an immense journaling community on Instagram. Perfect for all ages and all levels of journaling experience.

There will also be fun demonstrations of various stationery tools and equipment, plus an opportunity to use a fountain pen filled with a choice of colourful inks so that you can experiment with your handwriting and create some unique headers and titles for your journal.

There will be a large selection of themed ink-stamps & colourful inks pads to borrow on the day, plus a huge collection of themed ephemera, stencils, postage stamps, wax seals, decorative washi tapes and stickers for you to use in the decoration of your journal pages and covers.

The sessions are always fun, inspiring, addictive, informal and informative. Please note that your journaling experience on the day might prove to be so positive and enjoyable, that it may potentially lead you down the rabbit hole into all sorts of new journaling activities and pursuits!

Ephemera packs will be available free for the workshop and are covered within the ticket price.

Either bring along your own A6 journal/journal insert OR you can purchase a blank Wild Scribe Accordion Insert on the day for an additional £5 cash payment.

Book a Journaling workshop here! Link to what's on page?

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