Writing Characters, Writing the World

A fiction workshop with Catherine Bush
Saturday, April 26
10:00AM – 12:00PM
Writersโ€™ Federation of Nova Scotia (1113 Marginal Road, Halifax)
$25.00

Description

When writing fiction, we face the challenge of bringing characters to life and moving them through a lively world. This workshop will consider how we can use point-of-view, techniques of imaginative noticing, and keeping our characters and the world in motion to create liveliness and life-like-ness on the page. The workshop will involve a variety of in-class prompts. Be prepared to be playful and exploratory.

Space is limited in this workshop. If price is a barrier, please email info@afterwordsliteraryfestival.com


Seats in our workshops are limited. In order to ensure a high quality workshop experience for both teachers and students, please be sure you can attend if you purchase a ticket. Workshop tickets are nonrefundable. They are, however, transferable. If you purchase a ticket and find you cannot attend, you may pass your ticket along to a friend. We typically maintain a wait list, so if you are unable to find someone to take your ticket, please email info@afterwordsliteraryfestival.com and we may be able to pair you with a potential buyer, though we cannot guarantee this.

Speakers

  • Catherine Bush is the author of five novels, including the widely acclaimed Blaze Island, Accusation, and The Rules of Engagement, a New York Times Notable Book. Her books have been shortlisted for the Trillium Prize, City of Toronto Book Award, and Books in Canada First Novel Award. The recipient of numerous fellowships, she was the 2024 Writer-in-Residence/Landhaus Fellow at the Rachel Carson Centre for Environment and Society in Germany. An Associate Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Guelph, she lives in Toronto. Skin (2025) is her first collection of stories.