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Join author and science writer Katherine Johnson for a nature writing workshop to inspire your own writing projects. By including elements of landscape and biology, as well as our human connection with the natural world, authors can add layers of interest and depth to fiction writing as well as creative non-fiction.With a background in science, journalism, and creative writing, Katherine will draw on examples, including from her most recent novel, Every Wild Soul. The workshop will include key novel-writing elements and provide hands-on writing exercises to help you build nature and landscape into your own stories.
Katherine Johnson is an award-winning Tasmanian novelist and feature writer. Her most recent novel, Every Wild Soul, is the inaugural winner of The Australian Fiction Prize.
Previous novels include Paris Savages, Matryoshka, The Better Son and Pescador’s Wake. Paris Savages was shortlisted in the Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIA), and was published in the UK, US and Italy. The UK edition was named The Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. The Better Son was longlisted in the Australian Indie Book Awards and won Tasmanian Literary Awards. Katherine has degrees in science and journalism, and holds a PhD in creative writing.
Saturday 24 October
10am - 1pm
Training Room 1, Hobart Library
$90 non-member
$80 member
$40 student member
Image: Peter Mathew - The Australian
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Hobart Library, Dw & A, 120-122 Murray St, Hobart TAS 7000, Australia, Hobart
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