Exploring real lives
Biographies, autobiographies, memoirs and journals have become some of our most popular genres. This is a chance for both new and experienced writers to combine non-fiction techniques with literary talent and creative imagination.
Start Date:
Monday, 29th September 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 4th October 2008
Monday, 29th September 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 4th October 2008
Sally Cline
Sally Cline is the author of nine books including two award-winning biographies, Radclyffe Hall and Zelda Fitzgerald (both John Murray). Her new joint biography of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett is forthcoming from Duckworth. She currently teaches fiction and life writing at Cambridge University.
Sally Cline is the author of nine books including two award-winning biographies, Radclyffe Hall and Zelda Fitzgerald (both John Murray). Her new joint biography of Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett is forthcoming from Duckworth. She currently teaches fiction and life writing at Cambridge University.
Carole Angier
Carole Angier who was made a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in 2002 is the biographer of Jean Rhys and Primo Levi (both Penguin). She teaches biography and autobiography at Birkbeck College and is an experienced one-to-one mentor.
Carole Angier who was made a Royal Literary Fund Fellow in 2002 is the biographer of Jean Rhys and Primo Levi (both Penguin). She teaches biography and autobiography at Birkbeck College and is an experienced one-to-one mentor.
Lyndall Gordon
Lyndall Gordon is the distinguished biographer of Henry James and TS Eliot. Her memoir of growing up in 1950s Cape Town, Shared Lives (Vintage), was reissued in 2005.
Lyndall Gordon is the distinguished biographer of Henry James and TS Eliot. Her memoir of growing up in 1950s Cape Town, Shared Lives (Vintage), was reissued in 2005.
This course is based at:
Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
Tel: 01422 843714
Fax: 01422 843714
Email: lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org
Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre
Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
Tel: 01422 843714
Fax: 01422 843714
Email: lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org
