Starting Out in Fiction: Ross Raisin & Cynthia Rogerson, Guest: Jonathan Buckley

Starting Out in Fiction: Ross Raisin & Cynthia Rogerson, Guest: Jonathan Buckley

Date/Time
Date(s) - Mon 15th May - Sat 20th May, 2017
5:00pm - 10:00am

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


Diving In

A week that will give you the inspiration and the impetus to get writing. Whether you have an idea that has been floating around in your head for a while, or you simply have a yearning to write, the aim of this course is to help you find your direction. Through a mixture of guided discussion, exercises, games and introduction to new texts, you will develop both your confidence and your skill with the written word, and leave the centre with a fresh motivation to keep writing.

Ross Raisin is the author of two novels: Waterline (2011) and God’s Own Country (2008), for which he won several awards, including The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and a Betty Trask Award, and was shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin literary award and the Guardian First Book Award. In 2013 he was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. A new novel is due for publication in 2017. He has written short stories for Granta, Prospect, the Sunday Times, Esquire, BBC Radio Three, among others, and has contributed to anthologies including Best British Short Stories. Ross teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths University and as part of the UEA/Guardian Masterclasses programme, and is a writer in residence for the charity First Story.

Cynthia Rogerson is the prizewinning author of five novels and a collection of stories. I Love You, Goodbye was shortlisted for Scottish Novel of the Year 2013, translated into five languages and adapted as BBC radio serial. Wait for Me Jack is published 2017. She is a Royal Literary Fellow at Dundee University and a creative writing supervisor for University of Edinburgh. www.cynthiarogerson.com

Jonathan Buckley was born in Birmingham, and studied at Sussex University, and King’s College, London, where he researched the work of the Scottish poet/artist Ian Hamilton Finlay. Among other jobs, he was an editorial director at Rough Guides. His first novel, The Biography of Thomas Lang, was published in 1997. It was followed by Xerxes, Ghost MacIndoe, Invisible, So He Takes The Dog, Contact, TelescopeNostalgia and The river is the river. From 2003 to 2005 he held a Royal Literary Fund fellowship at the University of Sussex, and is currently a fellow at the University of Southampton.

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.

Bookings

This course is now fully booked. Please contact us on info@moniackmhor.org.uk or 01463 741 675 to be added to the waiting list.


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