About this Event
KINGS Artist-Run and un Projects are pleased to invite you to our fourth KINGS Emerging Writer's Program Workshop for 2024, facilitated by essayist and critic Cher Tan.
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KINGS will be open from 6:30pm, and the workshop starts at 7pm.
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THE PLEASURES OF VOICE — Unlike practical nonfiction, literary nonfiction puts emphasis on tone, voice and word choice, and the assumption that the reader is as intelligent as the writer, but without altering facts. And while the subject may not be at the onset be of great interest to the reader, the tone you use may very well change their mind, luring them into reading further, encouraging self-reflexiveness and debate. In this writing workshop, you will listen to and participate with essayist and critic Cher Tan on the wonders of voice in nonfiction, and how to use it to achieve pathos and humour without necessarily leaning on an "I". Participants are encouraged to bring short excerpts of writing they consider compelling in this regard. Participants are also asked to bring a notepad and writing materials.
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Cher Tan is an essayist and critic. Her work has appeared in the Sydney Review of Books, the Guardian, Hyperallergic, Runway Journal, Cordite Poetry Review and Overland, amongst others. She is the reviews editor at Meanjin and an editor at Liminal. Her debut book of essays, Peripathetic: Notes on (Un)belonging, is now out with NewSouth Publishing. She lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri Country.
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Places are limited, but there will be a waitlist in place. Tickets are free but donations are very much appreciated.
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In 2024, KINGS Emerging Writers’ Program is supported by un Projects. The EWP is run by Wen-Juenn Lee, Skye Malu Baker and Matt Siddall.
KINGS Artist Run is wheelchair accessible, however we do not have a wheelchair accessible bathroom. Please email [email protected] for any inquiries.
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Cher's headshot is photographed by Leah Jing McIntosh.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
69 Capel St, 69 Capel Street, West Melbourne, Australia
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