‘Emma’s writing exercises provided great prompts for experimentation and the fortnightly online chats were a delight – at turns light, serious, fun, in-depth, constructive, daft, supportive, playful, stretching… oh and the pole-dancing moose was a nice touch.’

Shauna Darling Robertson

‘I observed Emma as a coach while she was training on my coaching programme and saw outstanding conversations take place. She holds a warm and curious space for her clients and can be challenging in her approach. She is gentle and brings humour to her sessions which keeps the sessions light as well as productive. Just the right balance. If you’re considering coaching with Emma, I wouldn’t give it a second thought.’

Mahnaz Bhatti

‘Emma Hammond’s The Noetics of Nonsense course was as fun as it was liberating. We were encouraged to unshackle our imaginations and allow ourselves to take the sort of risks we wouldn’t normally dare take. As a result, I found it easier to write ’outside the box’, producing original and spontaneous poems that I’m genuinely proud of. Emma’s tasks were all exciting and thought-provoking enough to get the creative juices flowing nicely and her feedback was helpful and considered.’

Benjamin Palmer

‘Emma is one of the very few people I have ever met who does not judge others. She is calm, smart and extremely fun. In just 3 months, Emma not only helped clarify my vision and reach my goals - most importantly, she challenged my thinking, how I was living my life and helped me look at life from a perspective that I had not come across before. Life feels much more simple and fulfilling since working with Emma. If you're looking for a coach to nudge you forward, adding lots of colour and fun along the way, Emma is the coach for you.’

Steph Davies

‘Emma’s sessions were weird (in a wonderfully charming, exciting, refreshing way). She completely opened up my perspective on the kind of writing I’m capable of and I feel very privileged to have been taught by her.’

Debbie Potts

I have been coached by Emma and was able to be honest and open in my conversations with her. She created a space that made me feel I would not be judged and could trust her. Emma challenged me through asking powerful questions and made me reflect on the possible outcomes of my choices.  Emma is an authentic and excellent coach.

Ghazalla Hussain

‘Emma’s workshops were never anything less than thought-provoking, engaging and inspiring, driven by Emma’s knowledge and enthusiasm which is dazzling and infectious.’

John Canfield

‘Emma takes a really caring and balanced approached to coaching. Ideas are explored openly with creativity and humour. It felt like a warm, safe environment without a predetermined agenda or destination which was really encouraging. I really benefited from Emma's down to earth way of working with ideas, blocks and feelings which created an honest relationship that enabled really interesting discussions and work to flourish.’

Erin Bolens

‘Emma’s classes were different (in a good way), varied, quirky, inspiring and gave the class a completely open environment to write in new (and often more interesting) ways. I read things I probably wouldn’t have read otherwise and wrote a thing I wouldn’t have written otherwise, too’.

Rebecca Perry

‘Emma’s Poetry is dead. Long live poetry! classes were inspired. Her challenge was to strip the ego out of our own poetry, but her practical exercises and encouraging style made this seem like a natural progression. Definitely changed my writing for the better’.

Joe Turrent