Creative non-fiction relies on the personal connection between author and subject for its narrative drive and emotional heart. But how much of ourselves should we put on the page? And what are the ethics when we do? Where is the line between truth and a good story? And how do we make a good story great?
When: Saturday 17 & 24 April, 10.30am – 12pm
Where: Online
Cost: $100 members, $120 non-members
Session 1:
1.5 hours
Session 2:
1.5 hours
Writers at all levels and stages with an interest in nature writing, memoir, travel writing, the personal essay, sports writing, literary non-fiction, and any other form of creative non-fiction.
Internet connection, a device with audio and video capability
Inga Simpson is an award-winning Australian novelist and nature writer. She has been running writing workshops and retreats for more than a decade. Her most recent work, Understory: a life with trees (Hachette, 2017), chronicles her decade spent living inside a south east Queensland forest, and was shortlisted for the Adelaide Writers Week Award for Nonfiction.