An exclusive, intimate writing workshop with Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes

For the first time ever, multi-million international bestselling authors Kate Mosse and Jojo Moyes are pairing up to share tips and tricks from their hugely successful writing careers in this unmissable creative writing workshop delivered by the Women’s Prize for Fiction.

As well as penning multiple bestselling novels, Jojo Moyes is a highly acclaimed screenwriter, including transforming her runaway hits Me Before You and The Last Letter From Your Lover into major films. Kate Mosse, multiple bestselling novelist and non-fiction writer is fresh from staging her first play, an adaptation of her gothic novel The Taxidermist’s Daughter. In 2010, she was the Executive Producer on the miniseries of her novel Labyrinth. In this ‘Mistressclass’, the two friends will share their experiences of novel-writing and the publishing world.

Looking at how translating their work from page to stage and screen has shaped their approach to writing, Kate and Jojo will use this as a springboard for offering practical tips and illuminating insights for aspiring writers – whether you’re a novelist, playwright, screenwriter – or yet to find out! You will be expertly guided through a range of interactive writing exercises and prompts with plenty of time to share your work.

The session will close with a Q&A, providing you with the opportunity to pose your questions to these two outstanding writers.

Join us for a truly unique opportunity to be part of a small group with access to Kate and Jojo’s expertise and experience, delivered with warmth and wit. Enjoy the home of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Bedford Square Gardens in central London, and use your Women’s Prize Writing Journal in the session, which is included in the ticket price and will be distributed on arrival.

Courtesy of Audible, four subsidised places are available on the Mistressclass for women on a low income whose financial situation prohibits them from attending the event. To apply, please email info@womensprizeforfiction.co.uk with the subject line: ‘Mistressclass subsidised place’, with a little bit about yourself, why you are interested, and attaching proof of low income.

Deadline to apply: 8th June 2022

Successful applicants contacted by 9th June 2022

All proceeds from this event will go towards the Women’s Prize Trust’s outreach work supporting women writers of all ages and backgrounds. The Women’s Prize Trust is a registered charity (1181253).

Speakers:

Kate Mosse is the author of nine novels & short story collections. Her fiction - which have been translated into 38 languages and published in more than 40 countries - including the No 1 international bestselling Labyrinth, The Taxidermist's Daughter and The City of Tears. She has also written four works of non-fiction including the best-selling, critically-acclaimed memoir An Extra Pair of Hands, four plays, contributed essays and introductions to classic novels and collections. She is one of twelve writers commissioned to write a new Miss Marple story for September 2022 and her major new history book Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World will publish in October 2022. A champion of women’s creativity, Kate is the Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, sits on the Executive Committee of Women of the World and is the Founder of the global Woman in History campaign. She was awarded an OBE in 2013 for services to literature and women and was named Woman of the Year for her service to the arts in the Everywoman Awards. She is a Visiting Professor in Creative Writing and Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester and was a Visiting Writing Fellow at the Dutch Literature Foundation in 2019.

Jojo Moyes is a novelist and journalist. Her books include the bestsellers Me Before You, After You and Still Me, The Girl You Left Behind, The One Plus One and her short story collection Paris for One and Other Stories. The Giver of Stars is her most recent bestseller and Reese Witherspoon Book Club Pick. Her novels have been translated into forty-six languages, have hit the number one spot in twelve countries and have sold over thirty-eight million copies worldwide. Me Before You has now sold over fourteen million copies worldwide and was adapted into a major film starring Sam Claflin and Emilia Clarke. Jojo lives in Essex with her family.

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