Writing Grief: Workshop with Damien Wilkins
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Don't miss this opportunity to do a writing workshop with the 2025 Ockhams $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction winner Damien Wilkins!
How can fiction approach grief? In this workshop we’ll explore various ways fiction can dramatise moments of extreme personal loss. How can we give this universal experience a feeling of newness? How can we shape our fictional scenes to give grief emotional force on the page? Damien will talk about some of his favourite moments of literary grief and we’ll also complete a writing exercise.
The workshop costs $30 and includes morning tea. Registration required via website https://www.hamiltonbookmonth.com/writing-grief-workshop
The Trust Waikato Building is on Little London Lane, off London Street, Hamilton. The Trust has a sizable carpark and there's ample parking outside and close by.
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How can fiction approach grief? In this workshop we’ll explore various ways fiction can dramatise moments of extreme personal loss. How can we give this universal experience a feeling of newness? How can we shape our fictional scenes to give grief emotional force on the page? Damien will talk about some of his favourite moments of literary grief and we’ll also complete a writing exercise.
The workshop costs $30 and includes morning tea. Registration required via website https://www.hamiltonbookmonth.com/writing-grief-workshop
The Trust Waikato Building is on Little London Lane, off London Street, Hamilton. The Trust has a sizable carpark and there's ample parking outside and close by.
Get Tickets
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