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Course 20
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FICTION: CHARACTER AND PLACE
November 23-28 • Patrick Gale and Tiffany Murray
Guest: Joe Dunthorne

Fee: £495 (single); £435 (shared) *shared accomodation only

Are you working on a novel or short story? Patrick Gale and Tiffany Murray will take you through aspects of character and place in a work of fiction with writing exercises and reading-for-writers. For those with a manuscript in progress or those thinking about beginning a new project, the week will focus on writing workshops, exercises and discussions. 

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PATRICK GALE has been a novelist since giving up on trying to be an actor in
1984 and has since produced thirteen novels, a book of stories and a life of
Armistead Maupin. His latest novels include Rough Music, Friendly Fire and
Notes from an Exhibition, which was a Richard and Judy selection and won the
2008 Independent Booksellers’ Book of the Year award. 2009 will see the
publication of a new novel and his second collection of short stories. He is
a keen cellist and gardener and lives at Land’s End.
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TIFFANY MURRAY is the author of the forthcoming Diamond Star Halo (Portobello
Books, 2010) and Happy Accidents (HarperPerennial, 2005), which was short-listed for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at The University of Glamorgan.

 

 

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paypal button Residential: £495 (single) - deposit of £100 will be taken
paypal buttonResidential: £435 (shared) - deposit of £100 will be taken
 
  
 
             
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