Thu 22 May 2025
Events
NAWE aims to put creativity at the heart of education. NAWE is a charity funded largely by its members fees and donations.
Jobs
Events
Competitions & Submissions
Mentoring & Coaching
Manuscript Appraisals
You are here: Home > The Writer's Compass > Events & Opportunities > Events > Writers & Artists: Fantastic Fiction: Writing Magical Worlds
Writers & Artists: Fantastic Fiction: Writing Magical Worlds
Wed 29 Jan 2020 to Wed 4 Mar 2020
Are you a writer that bends the rules of reality? Do you look to folklore, magic and the supernatural for inspiration in your writing? Join award-winning author Zoe Gilbert for a very special evening course dedicated to writing that comes with a fantastical edge.

Designed to focus on how to capture, develop and nurture the fantastical elements of a story, this is a course that applies to any genre, suitable for writers of all abilities, and comes packed with discussion, working examples and practical exercises to be taken away and applied to your own work.

All attendees will also benefit from guest speaker slots by industry professionals, and leave with a fantastical title or two courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing.

This course includes:
- Six sessions, 2.5 hours in length, and with a maximum of 16 students
- Practical workshops with takeaway exercises to be applied to your own work
- One free copy of either the latest edition of the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook (RRP £25) or the Children’s Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook (RRP £22)
- Two copies of fantastical titles courtesy of Bloomsbury Publishing

Tutor: Zoe Gilbert is an award-winning author whose first novel, Folk, was published by Bloomsbury in 2018. Folk was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize 2019, and adapted for BBC radio. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies and journals in the UK and internationally, on BBC Radio 4, and won prizes including the Costa Short Story Award 2014. She teaches and mentors writers at London Lit Lab, and at organisations including the British Library and Arvon Foundation. 

Dates: 29th January - 4th March 2020, 6:00pm-8:30pm
Location: Bloomsbury Publishing, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP
Cost: £350

Further details and to book here

 

Additional Information:
Location:
London
Region(s):
London
Price:
£350

Back to Latest Events