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Top Writers
Experience and passion
WL1 3 10 May (1 Wk)
Romesh Gunesekera
£575
Fiction Writing
This course is ideal for aspiring and also experienced (but unpublished) writers, who want to know the essential elements of good fiction and do lots of enjoyable writing. Romesh's first novel, Reef (1994), was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and his second one, Sandglass (1998), was awarded the BBC Asia Award. His Heaven's Edge was published in 2002 and The Match in 2006. (Course in Atsitsa)
WL5 14 27 June
Crysse Morrison Your Writer's Voice
£875
Going through shared exercises and from memories to wild imagination, Crysse's course will focus on aspects of style and narrative including creating characters, storylines, settings and dialogue.Techniques are adaptable to all aspects of writing from poetry to novels. Crysse's first novel, Frozen Summer, was published in 1999 and was followed by her second one, Sleeping in Sand. She also writes short fiction and poetry and has a regular column in Writing Magazine.
WL9
9 22 August
£1,075
Matt Thorne
Starting to Write
Writing novels and short stories can sometimes be challenging. This course will help unlock writing strengths and show writers how to reach their full potential. It will examine all aspects of fiction and help you expand from that initial idea and first few pages to the final full stop. Matt is the author of six novels including Tourist (1998), Eight Minutes Idle (winner of the Encore Award, 1999) and Cherry which was long-listed for the Booker Prize.
WL2 10 23 May
Andrew Miller
£775
Imagination & Voice
WL6 28 June 11 July
Christopher Hope
£925
WL10 23 August 5 Sept
Rachel Cusk Life Writing
£1,025
The Art of the Story
This is a broad-based fiction course for committed writers of all levels of experience. It offers a mixture of workshops and tutorials aimed at freeing the imagination while staying rooted in the craft. Andrew Miller is the author of five novels including Ingenious Pain (a winner of many awards) and Oxygen which was shortlisted for the Booker and the Whitbread Best Novel. His work is published in over twenty languages. His latest novel will be published later this year. (Course in Atsitsa)
The form, the magic, and the difficulty of getting a story right is entirely beguiling. We'll be looking at stories by writers whom we've been reading forever, and seeing how it is that they get their story to work so well that it flies right off the page. Christopher was born in Johannesburg and is the author of nine novels including the award-winning A Separate Development and Kruger's Alp and also Serenity House which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. His most recent novel is My Mother's Lovers (2007)
Life Writing aims to create a new form for the narration of personal experiences. In this course we will study some of its techniques and examine some of the pitfalls and pleasures of memoir and autobiography. Rachel's first novel, Saving Agnes, won the Whitbread First Novel Award. Her most recent, Arlington Park, was shortlisted for the 2007 Orange Prize. Rachel teaches Creative Writing at Kingston University.
WL3 24 31 May (1 Wk)
Alan Jenkins
£595
WL7 12 25 July
Julia Bell The Novel Under the Bed
£975
WL11 6 19 September
Charles Palliser
£925
The Inner Places of Poetry
Seduce Your Reader
On this informal course, reading some well-known poems will be the starting point for the adventure of writing poems; both reading and writing will also enrich the experience of the beautiful island setting. Alan has won many awards and prizes for his poetry collections include The Drift (2000) and A Shorter Life (2005). He is an editor of the Times Literary Supplement and has taught Creative Writing in England, France and the USA. (Course in Atsitsa)
Novelist Julia Bell invites you to bring ideas gathering dust in order to write, rewrite, edit and extend. She is a lecturer in Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, University of London, and formerly at UEA, and coeditor of The Creative Writing Course Book (2001). She has published two novels, Massive (2002) and Dirty Work (to be released this year). Currently she is working on a longer work of adult fiction.
The art of narrative is about enticement. And so we will look at the many ways to catch the attention and keep the reader intrigued in a novel or drama. You will be helped to write fiction full of mystery and suspense. Charles has taught Literature and Creative Writing in universities in the UK and the USA. Among his four novels are The Quincunx and The Unburied. His fiction has been translated into a dozen languages.
WL4 31 May 13 June
£825
WL8 26 July 8 August
Monique Roffey
£1,075
WL12 20 27 Sept (1 Wk)
Michèle Roberts Get Going!
£575
James Kelman The Blank Page & Other Myths What can we do if we want to be writers? Things cannot just happen. How do we start? Are concepts such as inspiration, genius, talent etc useful? We will assume that participants are either inexperienced or feel that it is time for a different approach. James' novels include How Late it was, How Late (1994), which won the Booker prize for Fiction, Translated Accounts (2001) and You have to be careful in the Land of the Free (2004). He has tutored Creative Writing courses in the UK & the USA.
Fundamentals of Writing
Always wanted to write a novel or short fiction don't know how or where to start? This course is a practical beginner's guide to the basic narrative elements of writing fiction. Monique's first novel, Sun Dog, was published in 2002. Her second one, The White Woman on a Green Bicycle, will be published next year. She has worked as a journalist and for Amnesty International, and she was a Centre Director for the Arvon Foundation.
Michèle uses exercises and games to guide you through writer's blocks, exploring a variety of forms and techniques. She is the author of many novels including the acclaimed Daughters of the House (1992) that was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. Other novels include A Piece of the Night (1978) and The Looking Glass (2000). The Secret Gospel of Mary Magdalene was published last year. Michèle is Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia.
Friends of Skyros (past participants) receive a discount of £50 for each holiday
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