From Life to Writing: Explore Creative Non-fiction, Including Travel Writing, Memoir and the Persona
By Darryl Whetter
26 January 2019 (Sat)
9:30am – 12:30pm
Singapore Book Council Training Room
Singapore Book Council Training Room
90 Goodman Road, Blk E #03-32
Goodman Arts Centre
Singapore 439053
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Course Fee: $70.00
Eventbrite Registration Fee: $3.74
This 3-hour masterclass explores the fundamentals of creative non-fiction [CNF]. Creative non-fiction includes memoir, the personal essay (aka ‘the lyric essay’), travel writing, reportage, comic writing, narrative history, research narratives and other sub-genres. This course provides beginners an introduction to the fascinating possibilities (both artistic and commercial) of creative non-fiction. While poetry, fiction and stage theatre are admirably vibrant here in Singapore, CNF is currently not as popular here in Singapore as it is in other English-language literary markets and cultures.
About the Trainer: Darryl Whetter
Dr. Darryl Whetter is the inaugural director of the first Creative Writing MA in Singapore and Southeast Asia (at LASALLE College of the Arts). He is the author of three books of fiction and two poetry collections. In his native Canada, his debut collection of stories was a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2003 and, Origins, his first poetry collection, received a starred review in Quill & Quire. His scholarly articles on literature and Creative Writing pedagogy have been published by Routledge, the National Poetry Foundation (US), and Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, etc.
Registration Details
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Cancellation & Substitution
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