Food writing is a hugely creative and varied genre which is experiencing a resurgence, and both food and place can be powerful ways to situate your story and connect with your reader in creative non-fiction writing.
In this workshop, Nina Mingya Powles (author of Small Bodies of Water and Tiny Moons) will help you to make the most of these emotive, evocative aspects of writing, bringing a human touch and expressive detail to your non-fiction.
Through group discussion and short written exercises you will explore:
How to use free writing exercises as tools for delving into sensory memories
The ways ‘food writing’ can encompass many forms including poetry, travel writing, journaling, fiction and creative nonfiction
How we write about distant places, both familiar and unfamiliar
Techniques for note-taking and writing while on a journey
This workshop will take place online via Zoom. You will need access to the internet via a computer or similar device. Details of how to join the event will be sent a few days before.
Nina Mingya Powles is a writer and zinemaker from Aotearoa New Zealand. Her books include Small Bodies of Water (Canongate, 2021), Magnolia ?? (Nine Arches Press, 2020) and Tiny Moons: A Year of Eating in Shanghai (The Emma Press, 2020).
Date: Friday 1 July 2022, 2 - 4.30pm
Location: Online (Zoom)
Cost: £45 / £35 Concs (One bursary place is available)
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