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Betwixt and Between is a collaborative duo dedicated to creating spaces for individuals and groups to gather and explore transitional times.
Sophie Craven and Will Wilson came together after both studying for their MA Poetics of Imagination at Schumacher College / Dartington School of Arts. Inspired by the depth of transformation experienced through deep study of ancient myths and stories, the imaginal realm and poetics, Will and Sophie are now dreaming up a variety of offerings that place the imagination at the centre of everything.
Sophie Craven
Sophie is a writer, artist and gatherer of community based in Cornwall, UK. Graduating from SOAS university in 2016 with a BA in Arabic and Social Anthropology, and a specialisation in memory, imagination and heritage sites (with fieldwork taking place in the West Bank of Palestine).
Sophie worked in learning and facilitation for seven years before completing her MA in Poetics of Imagination at Schumacher College / Dartington School of Arts in 2024. She also holds a CPD qualification in Trauma-Informed Practice from University of Sussex (2021).
Current research interests include mythology, folklore, ancient sites, trauma theory and psychology. She is writing her first novel, Strange Places, which is a semi-fictionalised life narrative exploring the boundaries and meeting places between the imaginal, the mythological and the psyche.
Sophie also hosts The Convivial, a community symposium in Penryn, and is currently co-hosting Allotment Club, also in Penryn.
When not at work, she can be found in Penryn woods, in the Cornish sea or reading a book with a cat on her lap.
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Will Wilson
Will Wilson is a passionate and vibrant storyteller, mythologist and facilitator who spits his time between Fremantle, Western Australia and Devon UK.
Storytelling crept into his facilitation practice in unassuming fashion until boisterously taking its place at the centre. Like all things that arrive from the edge they trailed by a scent of the wild, reminding us that we are the stories of yore and every moment since. Can you listen? Do you hear?
Turning towards this scent began a pilgrimage back to his ancestral homelands of England and Scotland. During which he apprenticed to the oral traditions, tuned his ear to the old stories and completed a masters in Poetics of Imagination at Dartington Art School / Schumacher College.
Working with stories, myth, folk and fairytales Will helps uncover the story we are in, be that individual, cultural, or organisational and creates space for the stories at the edge to come into view. This way of working with stories and the imagination opens us to our foibles allows a new energy to creep in and a new story to emerge.
Will is an expert in ancestral mythology, how by exploring your past you open gateways of understanding into the self and how to live in the future. There is a wild expanse that came before us to turn towards it, is to turn towards the self, our culture and our communities.
When not telling stories Will can be found in the forest, the ocean or reading a book.