A Play Date With Eley Williams

Word Factory: the national short story organisation

The Word Factory

An evening masterclass on the literary essentials of play

We are delighted to welcome back Eley Williams to the Word Factory to lead this one and a half hour online masterclass on the literary essentials of play.We will also be celebrating the launch of her latest collection of short stories, Moderate To Poor, Occasionally Good, due from 4th Estate this month.‘There are very few writers with as clear and thrilling a love for the stuff of language as Eley Williams. These are stories of deft surprise and smuggled revelations, glorious snapshots of lives lived with bafflement and wonder. Magical’Jon McGregor, author of Lean Fall Stand About this class:Join us for an early evening burst of energy as we explore playfulness in language and form with one of the UK's most versatile, candid and exciting writers. Come prepared for conversation, discussion and writing exercises: and of course we want to ensure your questions to Eley are answered: feel free to send questions in advance (see below). About Eley Williams:Eley Williams' collection of fiction Attrib. and Other Stories (2017) was awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her novel The Liar's Dictionary won a 2021 Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and listed as a Guardian Book of the Year. In 2023, she was selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Her writing is published in journals and anthologies including Modern Queer Poets, The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story edited by Philip Hensher, and Liberating the Canon edited by Isabel Waidner, with stories and serialised fiction also commissioned by Radio 4. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. This evening will be hosted by Word Factory Director Cathy Galvin. Please send any queries or early questions to her here: cathy@thewordfactory.tvThis is an online class.Please note: we can only issue refunds up to five days before the event.

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