Speculative fiction—a broad category that can include science-fiction, fantasy, horror and literary spec fic—is a powerful platform for expressing ideas. A writer can create a world in which to tell any story, build a bespoke world rather than create a story within the constraints of the “real” world. Story is bigger than the world.
Please note: this workshop will be Auslan interpreted
You will learn
- The power of speculative fiction
- Ways to use speculative fiction in your own work
- How to build a world for your story and characters
- Genres within speculative fiction and the importance of understanding genre conventions of each
- The end game: getting your speculative fiction edited and published
About Claire G Coleman
Claire G Coleman is a Wirlomin Noongar woman whose ancestral country is in the South Coast of Western Australia. Her debut speculative fiction novel Terra Nullius, written while travelling in a caravan, won a Black&Write! Fellowship and a Norma K Hemming award and has been Shortlisted for the Stella Prize and an Aurealis Award. Her second novel The Old Lie is slated for publication in the second half of 2019.
When
15 January 2019 from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Event Fee(s)
| Event registration fee | |
| Concession member | A$135.00 |
| Member | A$145.00 |
| Non-member | A$195.00 |
| Donation |
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