Creative Non-Fiction

Shaping the Raw Material

Don't let the novelists have all the fun! Most books use true experiences, artfully transferred to the page for the purposes of fiction and non-fiction alike. This course shows how to write about real life in a way that engages and entertains the reader, Looking at the genres of travel writing, memoir and biography we promise imaginative responses to practical problems.

 

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Start Date:
Monday, 28th September 2009

End Date:
Saturday, 3rd October 2009
Tutors
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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.

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Hannah Pool

 

Hannah Pool is a journalist for The Guardian, where she regularly writes interviews, commentary and feature articles. Her memoir, My Fathers’ Daughter was published in 2005.

Guest
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Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer is the author of many books, most recently Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.

This course is based at:

Lumb Bank - The Ted Hughes Arvon Centre

Heptonstall, Hebden Bridge
West Yorkshire
HX7 6DF

Tel: 01422 843714
Fax: 01422 843714
Email: lumbbank@arvonfoundation.org
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