ONLINE WORKSHOP: Writing Animals
Date:
With:
Laura Jean McKay
Rating:
ALL
Summary:
What does it mean to write animals now? People have been depicting nonhuman animals for millennia, but how can we create meaningful nonhuman animal characters in 2021? In this course we look at ourselves as writing animals and how we can write other animals in a meaningful way, drawing from examples of animal fiction as well as the climate changed environment that affects habitats and animal lives, including our own. Through reading, workshopping and exercises we explore the nonhuman in fiction that roars.
Details
This workshop will take place online. Detailed instructions for participation will be provided.
You will learn:
- How other writers have written nonhuman animals
- How to read and write for animals
- How you might depict nonhuman animals in your fiction
- How representation and anthropomorphism play out in animal fiction
- How to develop nonhuman animal–driven narratives
About Laura Jean McKay
Laura Jean McKay is the author of The Animals in That Country (Scribe 2020) - winner of the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Fiction and the Victorian Prize for Literature 2021. She is also the author of Holiday in Cambodia (Black Inc., 2013). Laura is a Lecturer in Creative Writing at Massey University.
Not a Member?
If you’re purchasing a full price workshop at $215, consider a full price one-year membership ($75) plus member-priced workshop ($155) will cost just $230 and give you discounts on all our services plus a year's subscription to ‘The Victorian Writer’ magazine.
And if you have a concession card, a one-year membership ($55) plus member-concession workshop ($135) will cost you only $190.
Venue:
Australia
Contact:
Phone: 90947840
Email: [email protected]