# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am
- **Event Description**: Join writer Rosemary Jenkinson for an engaging introduction to speculative fiction, a genre that uses imagined futures, dystopias and utopias to explore urgent truths about the world we live in today. Through discussion of classic examples and practical writing exercises, participants will develop ideas, experiment with setting and character, and begin crafting their own speculative stories. Suitable for both new and experienced writers, this hands-on workshop offers fresh creative inspiration alongside insight into the wider fiction-writing process.

Jenkinson is an award-winning short story writer, playwright and novelist whose debut dystopian novel The Memorisers (2025) was praised as ‘brilliantly speculative’ in The Sunday Times. She is a Major Artist with the Arts Council of Northern Ireland and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/magherafelt/speculative-fiction-workshop-with-rosemary-jenkinson/200030087063650
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Magherafelt
- **state**: NI
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom
- **lat**: 54.80787
- **long**: -6.52117
- **full address**: 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney Homeplace, 45 Main Street, Magherafelt, BT45 8, United Kingdom

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson being held?
  - **A:** Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson takes place on Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am to Sat, 27 Jun, 2026 at 10:00 am at 45 Main Street, BT45 8HT Bellaghy, United Kingdom, Seamus Heaney Homeplace, 45 Main Street, Magherafelt, BT45 8, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson?
  - **A:** Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson is organized by Seamus Heaney HomePlace.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Magherafelt, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Speculative Fiction Workshop with Rosemary Jenkinson sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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