Good Grief Festival

@goodgrieffest.bsky.social

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Festivals, events and courses exploring love and loss. https://www.goodgrieffest.com/ Donate: https://justgiving.com/fundraising/goodgrieffest

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I didn't want to be the girl whose brother had died. I just wanted to be normal. Anna May
YARA + DAVINA and event info. Available here: www.curzon.org.uk/film/yara-davina-live
Contact Hours poster with event information available here https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/winston-theatre/wed-19-nov-film-screening-and-q-a-contact-hours-139087#e139087
https://www.bristol247.com/culture/art/turning-grief-into-art/
Photos of the three panellists and a painting by Jasmine Potter of a young person dressed in blue, with a cat. The text reads: Thurs 13 Nov 12 BST, free online panel and Q&A. Loss and Learning: Navigating Grief at University
I often think about grief for a baby as a kind of homesickness because it isn’t just the loss of somebody or something, it’s a complete shift of the whole of the ground from underneath you. Tamarin Norwood
Two exhibition photographs: an armchair next to a telephone with images behind and a rock on top of a column. The text reads: Mon 6 Oct 19.00 BST Free Online Event. Letters to Forever: Using Art to Express and Share grief
A flyer for the study. For more information, visit the survey page: https://utampa.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bpx7hiIzvFCtO8C
Julia Samuel wearing a red dress in a panelled room. The text reads 8 on-demand webinars with Julia and more. The Grief Academy. Julia Samuel's Pillars of Strength. More info at www.goodgrieffest.com/the-grief-academy
A person stands next to a chair on a jetty. The text reads: GRIEF & LEARNING DISABILITIES: BLOG, RESOURCE LIST & WEBINAR
Kieran Mac Feely presenting to the group. The slide behind him reads Good Grief Hastings with the Good Grief Festival logo
Photo of Rachel Clarke next to her book cover. The text reads: Women's Prize for Non-Fiction Winner 2025
A flyer for Stephanie's study. For more information, visit: https://brave-icu.my.canva.site/#patient-and-family-focus-groups
Four images of Good Grief Weston: a group of people on a pier, parents & children making art; actors standing around a coffin; a Good Grief Weston programme. The text reads 'GOOD GRIEF WESTON: ‘A BEST PRACTICE EXAMPLE OF CROSS-SECTOR COLLABORATION’
The learning disabilities panel
The cover of Bob's new book, which features an artistic impression of a peaceful seascape
An image of Robert Neimeyer with text about the event. It reads: 'Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers About Bereavement' Monday 12 May 19.00 BST Free Online Event'
Some of the people who feature in We Need to Talk About Death @backpocketteacher.bsky.social
Images of Kathryn Mannix and her two books, accompanied by logos for Good Grief Festival, the University of Bristol and Dying Matters and some event details (available on link in post)
Black text on white background reads 'Grieving wails and screams, not just as outward expressions of emotion, but inside our body as well. Mary-Frances O'Connor'
Photo of Mary-Frances. The text reads: What Happens in our Bodies When We're Grieving? Wed 23 April 18.00 BST, Free Online Event
A person standing by a chair on a jetty surrounded by greenery. The text reads: Wed 7 May 12 BST; free online event; Grief and Learning Disabilities: We Need to Talk About Death
An image of Robert Neimeyer with text about the event. It reads: 'Living Beyond Loss: Questions and Answers About Bereavement' Monday 12 May 19.00 BST Free Online Event'
An illustration of a laptop showing a Good Grief Festival panel
A flyer for the event: it has a picture of Kathryn Mannix and her two books, Listen and With the End in Mind. It also has the event information: Friday 9 May, 12 noon, University of Bristol. A Good Grief Festival event for Dying Matters Awareness Week, followed by a book signing. This is followed by the url for the Good Grief Festival events page: www.goodgrieffest.com/events
Stones painted with messages to people who died during the pandemic. The text reads: Covid-19 Day of Reflection 9 March 2025
A house in a landscape. There is a stormy sea to one side and a forest to the other. Through the house windows, you can see a roast chicken and a disco ball
Black text on white background: I've had to find ways of tapping into the root cause of the grief, which is the absolute love for somebody that's no longer with you, and allow that to be the thing that drives you rather than the pain. Then the author's name: Raynor Winn
Images of our speakers and course title with a yellow banner saying 'Starting tomorrow'
An image with photographs of Mary-Frances O'Connor and Yaa Yeboah-Newton, as well as the Good Grief moth. It has the session title at the top: Life in Limbo: What Happens When We Are Stuck in Grief. At the bottom, it says: When Grief Is Complicated, Online Course with 7 Talks and Workshops, 1 Feb to 11 Mar
Quote in black capitals on a white background: 'The very act of creating is a kind of release, a valve to let out pent up feelings. Putting those feelings on paper demystifies them, lets them out into the world' - Gary Andrews
Quote in black writing on white background: Sometimes being in nature is the only thing that feels as big and powerful as the feeling of grief inside - Freya Bromley
A quote written in black on a white background: It says: WE'RE WIRED TO ATTEMPT TO MAKE SENSE OF OUR EXPERIENCE. WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS TO US IN OUR LIVES, WE TRY TO WRAP OUR HEADS AND HEARTS AROUND IT, TO INTEGRATE THE EXPERIENCE, TO COMPREHEND IT, TO FIND SOME MEANING IN IT. THIS IS NEVER MORE TRUE THAN WHEN WE CONFRONT THE REALITY OF LOSS. Robert Neimeyer
An image of Julia Samuel MBE smiling, with the Good Grief Festival moth logo. The image has the title of the session featuring Julia, 'Finding a Way Forward That Honours Our Loss'. It also has the course title 'When Grief Is Complicated' and some extra information: 'Online Course with 7 Talks and Workshops, 1st February to 11th March'
Quote with black writing on white: 'Trauma cuts through our lives. But we don't always recognise it as trauma' by Stephen Regel OBE and Stephen Joseph
A candle next to a circle saying 6pm- 8th Dec