JOUISSANCE X TENDERBOOKS EROTIC WRITING WORKSHOP

with Susanna Davies-Crook

SATURDAY 8 FEBRUARY 2025
6-8.30pm

Practice the art of crafting sensory prose and weaving desire into your narratives in this workshop dedicated to writing the erotic. Led by writer, artist, curator and author of the JOUISSANCE-published short story Les Mains Négatives Susanna Davies Crook, this workshop provides a safe and welcoming space in which to explore the genre of erotic literature and put your own ideas and stories to paper. 

No prior writing experience is required. Please bring whatever you prefer to write on (pen and paper, a laptop or phone, a locked, leatherbound notebook).  

Outline: 

Welcome drinks

Introduction

Warm-up exercises

Main prompt and individual writing time

More drinks and sharing

Spaces are limited, so book soon to avoid disappointment. 

Susanna Davies-Crook is a writer and curator who has held positions at the ICA and Ignota Books, and previously worked on large-scale exhibitions including Transformer: A Rebirth of Wonder at 180 Strand. She is the recipient of an Arts Council DYCP grant to develop her creative and critical writing practice on Nervous Systems and complete her first novel. Having graduated from the Faber Academy ‘Writing a Novel' course, she now co-runs Write Club London, currently in residence at Soho House, and is also a hypnotherapist and yoga teacher.

Subversive scents inspired by the books we read beneath the sheets. Jouissance was born in the pages of the books we read beneath the sheets. Even today, stories such as Histoire d’O and the diaries of Anaïs Nin still manage to discompose and arouse readers thanks to their radical complexity. Our scents are inspired by the female artists, writers and fictional characters who taught us to fantasise and to desire. In homage to them, our approach is inspired by the specificity of women's language, art and creativity.

Tenderbooks is a space for independent publishing in Cecil Court, WC2. The bookshop commissions a programme of regular events including signings, performance and installations by contemporary artists working with printed matter in expanded forms. We also curate displays of rare avant-garde print and ephemera.

Projects to date have featured works by AA Bronson and General Idea, Aktionsraum, Cory Arcangel, Atelier E.B., Joseph Beuys, Mawuena Kattah, Chris Marker, Thurston Moore and Ecstatic Peace Library, Cady Noland, Carolee Schneemann and Stephen Willats.

Experimental publications and editions are commissioned through the Tenderbooks Imprint. We also love to work with collectors and institutions to create bespoke libraries. Tenderbooks buys rare publications relating to art and design, especially artist books. 

If you have any questions on how this event will be managed, want to ask about accessibility or would like to get in touch, please contact [email protected].