So You Want to ... Explore Narrative Voice

Sat Nov 12 2022 at 01:00 pm to 04:00 pm

KSP Writers' Centre | Perth

KSP Writers' Centre
Publisher/HostKSP Writers' Centre
So You Want to ...  Explore Narrative Voice
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In this three-hour workshop, we will push our own creative boundaries by exploring unconventional angles of storytelling.
About this Event

So You Want to Explore Narrative Voice

Workshop with Katie Hale, KSP Writer-in-Residence

Costs:  $35 members, $50 non-members. Online booking fees also apply. To avoid paying fees, please phone KSP directly to book and pay by debit/ credit card: 9294 1872.

This workshop is brought to you by the KSP Writers' Centre with support from the Shire of Mundaring. Tea and coffee provided.


In this workshop, Katie will explore the possibilities of narrative voice, and how this can shape our writing.

The narrator leads us into the world of the story and shows us around. To create a narrative voice, we need to understand how the world looks, feels, smells, sounds and reacts to the narrator.

During the workshop, we will push our own creative boundaries by exploring unconventional angles of storytelling, and experiment with writing the non-human narrator – from animals to objects. To do this, we look at examples of other ‘thing narratives’, such as Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief and Tibor Fischer’s The Collector Collector, as well as unconventional bodies, such as in Daisy Johnson’s Fen.

Target Audience: Adult writers with an existing interest in writing; the workshop will be run as a fiction-writing workshop, but poets & writers of creative non-fiction are also welcome.


About the Facilitator

Katie Hale is a MacDowell Fellow, Northern Debut Award winner, and Gulliver Travel Grant recipient. Her debut novel, My Name is Monster (Canongate, 2019), was shortlisted for the Kitschies Golden Tentacle, and her short fiction has been longlisted for the Exeter Prize, the Galley Beggar Press Prize and the BBC National Short Story Award. She is the author of two poetry pamphlets, and her work has appeared in publications including Mslexia, Under the Radar and Poetry Review. In 2021, she won the Palette Poetry Prize.


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Acknowledgement of Country

The KSP Foundation management team respect and honour Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elders past, present and future. We acknowledge the stories, traditions and living cultures of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples on this land and commit to building a brighter future together.


COVID-19 Advice

Hand sanitiser stations are provided and the event complies with a Covid Safety Plan. Masks and proof of vaccination is not required.

We ask for your co-operation in preventing the spread of COVID-19 by complying with our following conditions of entry. Please do not attend KSP's premises if:

  • you are feeling unwell
  • you have been overseas in the last 14 days
  • you have been tested for COVID-19 within the last 14 days
  • you have COVID-19 or have been in close contact with a confirmed case of COVID-19.

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

There is a bus stop directly outside the Centre on Old York Road. The Centre is located on a residential street and looks like any other house: look for the 'Katharine’s Place' wooden plaque sign and bright green letterbox out front. Parking is available in the brick driveway and in front of the hedge, also on the upper gravel level (to the right of the house) and along the street. Overflow parking can be found down the gravel driveway to the immediate left of the house (look for the No Thoroughfare sign); please drive down here slowly.

What should I bring to the event?

Writing tools i.e. pen and paper, or a laptop if desired.

Where can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Phone the KSP Writers' Centre office 08 9294 1872 or email [email protected] 

Is my registration/ticket transferrable?

Sorry, tickets cannot be transferred. 

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No. Check your name off at the door.

What is the cancellation and refund policy?

Please visit the KSP Writers' Centre website to view the Cancellation Policy: http://www.kspwriterscentre.com/workshops  

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

KSP Writers' Centre, 11 Old York Road, Perth, Australia

Tickets

AUD 35.00 to AUD 50.00

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