Poetry, Prose & Memoir
A writer & poet who loves to creatively work her words onto the page.
Having always written as a child, Marianne went on to fulfil her lifelong dream and completed an MLitt in Creative Writing at Stirling University in 2022. Here she concentrated on memoir writing & poetry. Her work has appeared in Firewords Press, Poetry Scotland, Amaranth Journal, various anthologies & online. In 2024 she was invited to recite her work at an event at The Scottish Story Telling Centre in Edinburgh and was also selected to read in 2022 & 2024 at the Edinburgh International Book Festival as part of their communities projects. Also as a previous emerging programmer for the Scottish Book Trust she has gone on to facilitate several Book Week Scotland events, in her local area.
Marianne organises & facilitates writing workshops and runs support groups. She encourages writing through her adhoc work for various charity & corporate organisations. She has also led the ‘Writing Hours’ at the annual StAnza Scotland’s International Poetry Festival for several years.
Facilitating the Anstruther based ‘Words from the Coast’ creative writing project.
Proud to have poetry displayed as part of this exhibition.
Prose Poetry Piece in the Summer 2025 edition.
Fife Writes 2025 Anthology
‘The Dress’
Imagined Spaces – The Writing Studio – Dec 2024
Edinburgh International Book Festival – Aug 2024 – with guest speaker Hannah Lavery.
‘A Playground in Beijing’ – The Federation of Writers (Scotland) 2024 Anthology.
Connie Weir Photographic
Poetry Reading – Storytelling Centre Edinburgh – June 2024
Celebrating ’10’ years of Fife Writes – Anthology 2024
‘Solas’ Stirling University Creative Writing Anthology 2022 – Stryvling Press
‘Writing for Wellbeing Workshop’
Grind the Faces of the Poor
a poem by Marianne L. Berghuis
Published in Firewords Press – Jan ’24
🔥 Bombs, Britain and the impulse to self destruct
Chapter 5 of Firewords Issue 16
Artwork by Amy Ingram
Writing Courses & Workshops
Marianne creates bespoke workshops to suit individual and group needs. She has provided courses for local charities & corporate groups.
Some of her popular course are:
Writing from the Heart / Writing for Wellbeing / Haiku’s for Healing / Generating Ideas for Writing / Creative Words in a Zine / Writing is Magic
Prices vary dependant on length of course & prep time required.
Reviews
Poetry Reading
“The wonderful Marianne Berghuis shared two of her poems in a powerful reading that wove a true poetic narrative of the burning times, that are relevant in a world where women are still being persecuted as witches. Each line hammered home truths. Each line was a sonnet in words for those who had suffered for the crime of witchcraft. Be in no doubt, that women’s words and voices hold power.
Thank you, Marianne, for your poetic presence on that night.”
Rowan Morrison – The Creative Coven.
International Woman’s day – Reclamation and Remembrance Event.
08.03.2024
Writing Workshops
“If you think you may like to take up writing – even if it’s just a wee bit of journaling, I can highly recommend Marianne’s workshop. You will surprise yourself. What you end up writing about is moving, hopeful and authentic. You will discover a creativity within yourself that you never imagined existed.”
Course Participant – ‘Writing for Wellbeing.’
Such a refreshingly different approach to creative writing. Focusing content on well-being was wonderful and not something I’ve done before and will certainly explore in the future in my own writing. I very much enjoyed the imaginative use of inspirational prompts (heart cards, objects, doorways). Sharing of resources was great with book lists, quotes and poetry. So much useful content in the workshop that will be used for a long time after. There was nothing I didn’t enjoy about the course it was all very enjoyable.
Course Participant – ‘Writing from the Heart.’
Interview with Liam Bell – Book Week Scotland Nov 2023
Pic credit: Alan Richardson Pix-AR.co.uk
Marianne L. Berghuis 