Comtemporary Women's Writing Festival 2018

This weekend at the Brontë Parsonage Museum:

Contemporary Women's Writing Festival

Turning to Crime: Writing Workshop with Frances Brody
September 22nd 2018 10:00am

Join writer Frances Brody to explore the different approaches to writing a crime novel, with practical advice on creating characters, shaping plots and finding the right setting. There will be writing exercises to stretch your imagination and sharpen your approach to rewriting. Useful tips range from developing your idea to finding an agent. Frances Brody is the award-winning author of three historical novels. Her popular murder mystery series, set in 1920s Yorkshire, features Kate Shackleton, First World War widow turned detective. Frances has written stories and plays for radio and scripts for theatre and television.

Write Online with Marisa Bate
September 22nd 2018 02:00pm - 04:30pm

Based on skills learned from building and shaping The Pool, the award-winning online platform dedicated to creating inspiring and original content for busy women, this workshop will give advice on writing opinion and comment on current affairs online. Marisa will guide participants through the differences between writing online and print content, finding the right tone and style and engaging with readers, and share her knowledge of the landscape of online journalism and how to formulate an original opinion in a sea of loud and ran ty views. Marisa Bate is a journalist, author and speaker with a particular focus on women’s issues. After starting her career at InStyle and Red magazines, she moved to The Guardian before becoming the first employee of the award-winning website for women, The Pool. She has hosted events at literary festivals including Cheltenham and Hay and has appeared on BBC Radio 4’s Late Night Woman’s Hour and The World Tonight. In 2018, she published her first book, The Periodic Table of Feminism.

Patience Agbabi performs her new Emily-inspired work
September 22nd 2018 07:30pm - 09:00pm

The Brontë Society’s 2018 writer in residence, Patience Agbabi, will be reading from the work she has created during her residency at the museum. Patience Agbabi is one of Britain’s most prominent spoken word poets and her electric performances mean that this will be a very special evening not to be missed!

Make Your Story: Self-Editing Workskop with Emma Darwin
September 23rd 2018 10:00am - 12:30pm

Everyone knows that the most important part of writing well is re-writing, but how do you do that? This practical workshop, led by Emma Darwin, will think about structure and scene-building, then close in stage by stage to think about characterisation, voice, and finally the close-up focus that makes every word count. Participants will develop a clearer idea of how to tackle that crucial second draft, and a bagful of tools to work with.

Writing Historical Fiction: Writing Workshp with Emma Darwin
September 23rd 2018 01:30pm - 04:00pm

How do you root your fiction in history without getting stuck in the mud? How do you tell a compelling story when you have to look everything up? In this practical workshop, Emma Darwin will explore the business of finding, imagining and writing stories set in the past, and offer a sense of the riches and challenges of this exciting genre, along with some tools and strategies for making the most of them.