Walking in Stolen Shoes: Crime Writing workshop

Create complex and believable characters for crime, thriller and mystery fiction – whether victims, villains, investigators, or random passers-by with facilitator Charity Norman. Explore techniques to know your characters and walk in their shoes as they develop. We’ll talk point of view, dishonest narrator, plus challenges of revealing character through dialogue, behaviour and thoughts.

Ex-barrister Charity Norman was born in Uganda, raised and worked in the UK, and moved with her family to Aotearoa New Zealand in 2002. Her eight novels to date include BBC Radio 2 Book Club choices, Richard and Judy and World Book Night titles, finalists in the Ngaio Marsh and Australian Ned Kelly Awards, and they have been translated into various languages. Remember Me won Best Novel in the 2023 Ngaio Marsh awards; her eighth, Home Truths, was released last year. Charity was recently named by The Listener as among the ten bestselling New Zealand authors of the past decade.

The workshop costs $30 and includes morning tea. Registration required https://www.hamiltonbookmonth.com/walking-in-stolen-shoes-crime-workshop

The Trust Waikato Building is on Little London Lane, off London Street, Hamilton. The Trust has a sizeable carpark and there is ample parking outside and close by.

You may also like the following events from Hamilton Book Month:

• Next Friday, 1st August, 08:30 am, Public Faces, Private Stories: Panel in Hamilton
• Next Friday, 1st August, 11:30 pm, How to Pitch and Write Long-Form Stories for Publication: A Feature Writing Workshop in Hamilton
• Next month, 5th August, 08:30 am, The House Within: FIlm in Hamilton

Also check out other Workshops in Hamilton, Nonprofit events in Hamilton.