Saturday, 25 May

Reading to Imitate and Reading to Steal in Fiction-writing

In this workshop, we'll look at what you might lift from your favourite novels to use in yours. It's how writers work.

By Robert Graham

Date and time

Sat, 25 May 2024 10:30 - 11:30 GMT+1

Chorlton Methodist Church

12 Manchester Road Chorlton-cum-Hardy M21 9JG United Kingdom

Reading to Imitate and Reading to Steal in Fiction-writing

John Gardner: “All great writing is in a sense imitation of great writing.”

John Updike: “My purpose in reading has ever secretly been not to come and judge but to come and steal.”

In this workshop, we'll look at what you can learn from reading as a writer, and from being a magpie.

(Copies of Robert's latest novel, The Former Boy Wonder, will be on sale after the workshop.)