TALKS & WORKSHOPS

Library Talk 

Historical novelist, Karen Charlton reads extracts from her latest novels, and explains how the chance discovery of a jail-bird roosting in the branches of her ancestral tree catapulted her into creative fiction. Karen reveals the trials and tribulations of her journey into publishing; her research adventures and her publishing highs and lows.

Cost:  £40   The price includes a FREE hardback copy of Catching the Eagle for the library – worth £19.99
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Karen talks to invited guests at Kirkley Hall

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Good Enough to Publish?
Those all-important first 10,000 words

This three-hour workshop is aimed at aspiring novelists who would appreciate guidance on how to fine tune the opening chapters of their manuscript.

The objective of this course is to help the participants develop understanding about the tricky issues of:

        Back story;

        Telling versus showing, and

        The importance of a consistent point of   view, in the opening chapters of their novels.

During the workshop everyone:

-         will receive guidance on how to avoid some of the common pitfalls made by aspiring authors with the above;

-         will have the opportunity to question a published author about her experience;

-         will take part in exercises designed to help them improve their writing skills;

-         will showcase their work to the group for peer assessment.

 Cost:  £150   (Group size: 10 – 15 participants.)

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Outer West Library, Newcastle