Faber Academy Creative Writing I

The first of three one-hour creative writing workshops hosted by Faber Academy, led by novelist and head of Faber & Faber New Writing Academy, Richard Skinner. An opportunity to receive tuition on a focused, practical writing course.

Richard Skinner is a graduate of the MA in Creative Writing at UEA. His first novel, The Red Dancer, was published in 2001 by Faber and has been translated into seven languages. His second novel, The Velvet Gentleman, was published in France in 2008 and was shortlisted for the Prix Livres et Musiques. He has written a book of non-fiction, a writer’s handbook entitled Fiction Writing: The Essential Guide to Writing a Novel, published in 2009. His poetry has appeared in First Pressings and Staple magazines and has been adapted for music. He won an Arts Council Writers’ Award in 2004.

Admission: by free ticket only, available from yorkfestivalofideas.com/tickets