Kylie has been invited to be the judge of the Frome Short Story competition. More info hereK.T. Fitzpatrick discusses the experience of her novel being published in audio before print.The setting for my new novel had been brooding in my imagination for a while: Black Mountain, a pile of granite boulders in northern Queensland, Australia, with an eerie reputation. There have been several unexplained disappearances at Black Mountain, dating from the late 1800s.
I set the novel in 1919, with a British protagonist, Eva Willoughby. Eva escapes a violent marriage in Oxford, England, and arrives in far northern Queensland to stay with a childhood friend on a cattle station. She takes a secretarial job at a constabulary near Black Mountain, and becomes a kind of accidental detective when someone she knows disappears. Read the full article Curative Writing
The Story, A Very Brief HistoryA frolic through 5,000 years of story, from paganism and the Greeks to twenty-first century media. Thursday, 21 March, 7pm
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22 - 29 July 2023 Curative Writing 12 - 19 August 2023 Starting Your Novel Kylie is running two courses. The first, Curative Writing, is a series of unique practices designed to take us beneath the noisy mind to that quiet, endlessly creative place within, that is always available to us: we need only to know the way there. Writing of any kind is a portal to the inner, which can be neglected in our complex, messy, and richly layered lives. Writers have always been drawn to this place of wonder within: where stories are made; where our own voice of wisdom can be heard with absolute clarity. The second course, Starting Your Novel is open to novices with a secret passion for writing or writers who already have a book under their belt. What's included? Kylie's courses are held at the Skyros Centre on Skyros island in Greece and is part of a wide range of courses and activities available. The holiday includes half board, twin shared accommodation in the village. Single upgrades are available. Chat through the website, skyros.com or email [email protected] to discuss your requirements. |
Voice is each individual writer’s most powerful tool for channelling ideas. Writing with a clear voice can transform a work into one that affects readers from a deeper place, from beyond the words themselves.
Through instruction, discussion and practical application, Freeing Your Voice will guide you through techniques for both fiction and non-fiction, designed to connect with your ‘inner’ writing-self, whilst helping you identify the themes and stories that have meaning to you. This course will help you recognise the difference between the noisy, judgemental chitter-chatter of the mind, and the quieter, wiser voice of your inner writer.
By the end of the four-week course, you will have the beginnings of a piece of writing, either fiction or non-fiction, that reflects your own voice, and have the tools to breathe new life into existing writing projects.
Course outline
• Two assignments, including reading material, discussion prompts and writing exercises
• Peer feedback on your first assignment
• Detailed written feedback from the course tutor on your final assignment
• A Q+A session with Kylie Fitzpatrick
• An online writing community, lasting beyond the end of the course
For more details and booking go to London Lit Lab.
Through instruction, discussion and practical application, Freeing Your Voice will guide you through techniques for both fiction and non-fiction, designed to connect with your ‘inner’ writing-self, whilst helping you identify the themes and stories that have meaning to you. This course will help you recognise the difference between the noisy, judgemental chitter-chatter of the mind, and the quieter, wiser voice of your inner writer.
By the end of the four-week course, you will have the beginnings of a piece of writing, either fiction or non-fiction, that reflects your own voice, and have the tools to breathe new life into existing writing projects.
Course outline
• Two assignments, including reading material, discussion prompts and writing exercises
• Peer feedback on your first assignment
• Detailed written feedback from the course tutor on your final assignment
• A Q+A session with Kylie Fitzpatrick
• An online writing community, lasting beyond the end of the course
For more details and booking go to London Lit Lab.
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