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City Lit: Creative non-fiction
Fri 20 Apr 2018 to Fri 29 Jun 2018
Explore practical and imaginative approaches to creative non-fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Analyse published work, produce your own pieces, and benefit from detailed feedback.

The course offers a variety of practical and imaginative approaches to creative non-fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Craft issues will be examined in detail, with published writers analysed to determine how and why their work succeeds. The different genres of creative non fiction will be explored through in-class exercises and weekly assignments.

The Tutor

Paul Laffan is the author of four novels, a book of reportage and has ghosted several works of autobiography. He holds a BA in English Literature from Oxford and an MA in Creative Writing and a PhD in English from Florida State University in America. He taught writing and literature for six years at Florida State, and has also taught at Birkbeck, Morley College, the Mary Ward Centre and Lambeth College.

Dates: 20 April - 29 June 2018, 17:30 - 19:30
Location: City Lit, 1-10 Keeley Street, Covent Garden, London WC2B 4BA
Cost: £189.00 Concs £76.00

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Additional Information:
Location:
London
Region(s):
London
Price:
£189.00 Concs £76.00

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