Writing A Novel: The First Steps

Sun 8 May 2022

Heritage Collections Learning Room

Workshop

#Performances

#About the event

Duration: 180 minutes

Inspired to start your own book after soaking in the festival? Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin’s Kristina Olsson and Emily O’Grady will take you through the first steps in writing your novel, building up your creative practice, and planning out a great opening chapter.

Proudly supported by Faber Writing Academy at Allen & Unwin

#Artist

Emily O'Grady

Emily O’Grady’s debut novel, The Yellow House, won the 2018 Vogel Literary Award and was shortlisted for the 2019 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Fiction. Her second novel, Feast (Allen & Unwin) was published in 2023 and longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award.