FICTION

Make your fiction sing

How can you bring freshness and excitement to your writing? How can you make your prose style stand out from the crowd? How can you use sensory detail, imagery and a poet’s linguistic flair to enrich your fiction? This course is for any fiction writers who want to be more adventurous and elevate their prose from the ordinary to the extraordinary.


Start Date:
Monday, 23rd August 2010

End Date:
Saturday, 28th August 2010
Tutors
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Jacob Ross

Jacob Ross has written two short story collections, Song for Simone and A Way to Catch the Dust. His novel, Pynter Bender was published in 2008. Visit www.jacobrossonline.com

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Bernardine Evaristo

Bernardine Evaristo’s books include three novels that fuse poetry and fiction: Lara, The Emperor’s Babe, Soul Tourists and a prose novel Blonde Roots. She received an MBE in 2009. Visit www.bevaristo.net to find out more.

Guest
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Rachel Seiffert

Rachel Seiffert’s last novel, Afterwards, was long-listed for the Orange Prize in 2007.

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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