Saturday 27th May 10.30am-1.30pm
Follow
up: Saturday 2nd Sept – 10.30am-1.00pm
Are you writing a novel? Join Farmleigh’s Writer-in-Residence, internationally
acclaimed author Mia Gallagher, for
two intensive morning masterclasses on
The Novel. In each session, Mia will address a range of common concerns and
difficulties faced by many novelists, both emerging and established. Responding
to each participant’s needs, she will share technical and inspirational tools
to help you better understand your process, the type of work you are making and
how to make it – including the key question of how to complete a first draft. The
initial session (May) will identify a set of realisable writing aims for each
participant over the summer. In the follow-up masterclass (September), you will
be able to share any new challenges, questions and breakthroughs you’ve
identified during that time.
Places are free of charge but limited to 12
people, and allocated through a submission process. Priority will be given to
writers who are in the middle to late stages of a first draft, or who are
already working on their second draft.
Writers who can attend both sessions (May and September) will also be
given priority.
To apply: Please email 250 words to linda.moran@opw.ie
by 5pm May 19th. As part of the 250 words, state what
you think is the biggest problem you are facing with the novel, and what you
would like the masterclass to help you with.
Mia Gallagher is a novelist and
performer based in Dublin. She is the author of two acclaimed novels: HellFire (Penguin Ireland, 2006), winner
of the Irish Tatler Literature Award (2007), and Beautiful Pictures of the Lost Homeland (New Island, 2016),
longlisted for the inaugural Republic of Consciousness Award (UK, 2016) and
chosen for the Irish Times Book Club in February 2017. Mia’s essays, reviews
and award-winning short fiction have been widely published at home and abroad.
She is an experienced editor, mentor and workshop facilitator and relishes
working with emerging novelists who are committed to creating long form
fiction.
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