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Reimagine. Reset. Retell.
Sat 25 May 2019 to Sat 25 May 2019
Join writer and creative writing tutor, Susmita Bhattacharya for a two hour writing session where you can immerse yourself in a series of paintings from around the world and create stories inspired by them.
Susmita will use images of art by well known artists like Frida Kahlo, Amrita Sher Gill, Van Gogh etc and Indian miniature paintings, tribal art forms etc to inspire stories set within these scenes. She will share published stories that have been inspired by art and discuss how to write an effective short story.
Susmita Bhattacharya is an Indian-born writer. She has published two books. Her novel, The Normal State of Mind (Parthian) was long listed for the Word to Screen Award at the Mumbai Film Festival 2018. Her collection of short stories, Table Manners (Dahlia Publishing) has been short listed for the Saboteur Awards .
She is a creative writing tutor and facilitates the Mayflower Young Writers workshops in Southampton and teaches Contemporary Fiction at Winchester University and at Arts University Bournemouth. She has led several writing workshops all over the country and mentors writers through the Middle Way Mentoring Project and through Arts University Bournemouth. She won the Memoir Prize at the Winchester Writers Festival in 2017.
Date: 25 May 2019, 11-1 pm
Venue: October Books, 189 Portswood Road, Southampton SO17 2NF
Cost: £13.16
Tickets are available here
Additional Information:
Location:
Southampton
Region(s):
South East England
Price:
£13.16
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