This book offers a multifaceted perspective on social writing in a volatile, uncertain and complex world. It meets the need to enable women's capacity, especially in academic settings, to structure their own writing practice and that of others in the community. It expands current research on social writing beyond its core context in English-speaking countries to multilingual contexts from Portugal to Finland, identifying fruitful areas for interdisciplinary research, nexuses of social practice, and strategies for situated social learning through a feminist lens, bringing women from the margins to the centre. As the average woman academic with children is losing an hour of research and writing time every day in the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic, the impact of which will be felt for decades, the book purposefully entwines these polyphonic voices to tell the story of a writing retreat as a space for leadership and empowerment.

Gives a multifaceted perspective on social writing in a complex and precarious world Helps women to structure their own and others' writing practice in community Entwines polyphonic voices from ten countries to tell a story of social writing as a space for empowerment

Autorentext

Joana Pais Zozimo is a senior researcher at Lancaster University, UK, and writing retreat facilitator based in Portugal.**Kate Sotejeff-Wilson **is an academic editor, translator, and writing retreat facilitator based in Finland.

Wendy Baldwin is an academic editor, translator, and structured writing facilitator based in Spain.

Inhalt

1. Introduction: from our writing rooms to yours Joana Pais Zozimo, Kate Sotejeff-Wilson, and Wendy Baldwin.- Section 1: Physical support and wellbeing.- 2. Look out! Navigating multiple spaces to sustain the benefits of writing retreats Rowena Murray.- 3. Thoughts on folklore Lucy Hinnie.- 4. Don't starve: change the recipe Jess Kelley.- 5. Retreat in daily life: integrating writing into work and life Kate Sotejeff-Wilson.- Section 2: Cognitive and affective connections.- 6. Some kind of writer: the writer spectrum, and a not-magic formula for development Sarah Haas.- 7. Coaching interventions in writing retreats: a creativity boost Natalie Lancer.- 8. Adapting the structured model, building capacity, and facilitating your own productivity as a writer Jo Garrick 9. Different layers of togetherness: virtual writing sessions during and after Covid-19 Katarina Damevi.- Section 3: Social interactions and relations.- 10. Transferring social writing practices to our communities in Finnish universities Camilla Lindholm and Johanna Isosävi.- 11. Becoming a facilitator: finding my own delivery style through opportunities and challenges Marcella Sutcliffe.- 12. Linguistic care work in proximal zones: towards allied academiceditor critical agency linguistic care work in third spaces: Theresa Truax-Gischler.- 13. Meetings at the textface: what academics and language professionals gain when they team up and adopt a social writing approach to academic text production Wendy Baldwin.