Writer in Residence: 121s with author Christie Watson (RCN members only)
22 Jun 2026, 11:00 - 26 Jun, 12:00
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Book your half-hour 121 with best-selling award-winning nurse and writer Christie Watson. Discuss your own writing, ask questions about publication or the role of art and creativity in nursing with our writers in residence.
Author and former nurse Christie Watson will be the RCN's 3rd writer in residence of 2026, from 22 - 26 June 2026, from 11-4pm each day.
The RCN is hosting three writing residencies, funding by Arts Council England National Lottery Grants, during the run of our Moved to Care exhibition. Each writer will be working in the exhibition space for a week, interacting with visitors and creating new work. They are offering exclusive slots for RCN members to book in to discuss your own ideas and work, to seek advice or simply to chat about the potential of creative workshops in nursing.
These slots are free but only available to RCN members - you will need your membership number to book.
If you're not an RCN member, you can drop in every afternoon (3-4pm Monday to Friday).
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Christie Watson is a best-selling, award winning writer and Professor of Creative Writing at UEA. She has published eight books: four novels, including her first novel Tiny Sunbirds Far Away, which won the Costa First Novel Award, and four works of non-fiction, including nursing memoir, The Language of Kindness which was a number one Sunday Times bestseller and spent five months in the Top Ten Bestseller list. Christie is a contributor to the Times, Sunday Times, Guardian, Observer, Telegraph and TEDx. Her writing has been translated into twenty-three languages, adapted for theatre. Killing Me Softly, her latest novel, will be released March 2026.
For any queries about this event please contact
RCN Library and Museum
rcn.library@rcn.org.uk
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