Being true to the story
All books draw on true experiences, artfully transferred to the page for the purposes of fiction and non-fiction alike. This course shows how to research and write about real life in a way that engages and entertains the reader. We shall look at various genres, including reportage, poetry, memoir, biography and fiction.
The guest for this course is John Lanchester whose books include The Debt to Pleasure (Picador) and Mr Phillips (Faber and Faber).
Start Date:
Monday, 17th November 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 22nd November 2008
Monday, 17th November 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 22nd November 2008
Gwyneth Lewis
Gwyneth Lewis has published six books of poetry in Welsh and English and was appointed Wales’s first National Poet 2005-06. Her non-fiction books are Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression (Flamingo) and Two in a Boat: A Marital Voyage (Fourth Estate). Visit www.gwynethlewis.com.
Gwyneth Lewis has published six books of poetry in Welsh and English and was appointed Wales’s first National Poet 2005-06. Her non-fiction books are Sunbathing in the Rain: A Cheerful Book on Depression (Flamingo) and Two in a Boat: A Marital Voyage (Fourth Estate). Visit www.gwynethlewis.com.
Miranda France
Miranda France is the author of Bad Times in Buenos Aires and Don Quixotes Delusions: Travels in Castilian Spain (both Orion), selected by the Guardian as one of 100 classic books for an Essential Library.
This course is based at:
The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre
Clunton, Craven Arms
Shropshire
Tel: 01588 640658
Fax: 01588 640509
Email: thehurst@arvonfoundation.org
The Hurst - The John Osborne Arvon Centre
Clunton, Craven Arms
Shropshire
Tel: 01588 640658
Fax: 01588 640509
Email: thehurst@arvonfoundation.org
