Fiction: Lesley Glaister & Andrew Greig, Guest: Ruth Thomas

Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 17th Apr - Sat 22nd Apr, 2017
5:00pm - 10:00am

Location
Moniack Mhor, Kiltarlity, Inverness-shire , IV4 7HT

Maybe you’ve started writing stories or novels but always run aground? Or maybe you’ve completed a writing project but have a nagging feeling that it could be better? In this course we’ll help you hone your writing skills and offer encouragement and strategies to help you develop further as a writer. There will be workshops, for fun and inspiration, as well as ongoing conversations about elements of the craft of writing from the earliest drafts to revision and editing. In addition to group workshops and discussions, there will one-to-one tutorials to give you focused feedback and advice; and of course, plenty of time for writing.

Lesley Glaister is a fiction writer, playwright and creative writing teacher. She received both a Somerset Maugham and a Betty Trask award for Honour Thy Father (1990), won a Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for Little Egypt in 2014 and has been short and long-listed for literary prizes for her other novels. She has had broadcast several dramas on BBC Radio 4 and her first stage play, Bird Calls, was performed at Sheffield’s Crucible Studio Theatre in 2004. She teaches creative writing at the University of St Andrews and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

Andrew Greig is one of Scotland’s most respected and prolific writers. He has written twenty books of award winning fiction, poetry and non-fiction. His most recent novel is Fair Helen. Born in Fife, he now lives in Orkney and Edinburgh.

Ruth Thomas is a novelist and short story writer. Her books include The Home Corner and Things to Make and Mend, and three short story collections (Super Girl, The Dance Settee and Sea Monster Tattoo). She is currently a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at Queen Margaret University; she’s also been an RLF Fellow at the Royal Scottish Conservatoire and has taught creative writing at St Andrews University. Her third novel is due out shortly.

On this course, tutors will read a sample of your work ahead of time to get a feel for your work. Details of how and when to submit this will be sent to you in the course notes upon booking.

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