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Masterclass 1: Writing a novel
Bernardine Evaristo
– McMillan Memorial Library, Banda Street
In this workshop, internationally bestselling, 2019 Booker Prize-winning writer, Bernardine Evaristo will explore the novel from originating ideas, essential elements of craft including structure, sustaining commitment to completion, and advice on getting published.
Bernardine Evaristo is the writer of ten books and numerous other works. Her first non-fiction book, Manifesto, On Never Giving Up, was published in 2021. She is also a literary activist setting up many inclusion programmes for writers. Since 2020 she has been the curator of Black Britain:Writing Back for Penguin Random House, re-publishing books from the past. She is the current Literature Mentor for the Rolex Mentor & Protégé Initiative and she has been the subject of two documentaries: The Southbank Show (2020), and Imagine (2021).She has received nearly 80 awards and honours including the British Book Award’s Fiction Book of the Year & Author of the Year and she has been on the UK Black Powerlist for the past four years. She is Professor of Creative Writing at Brunel University London, an Honorary Fellow of St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford, an International Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, President of the Royal Society of Literature and the current President of Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance.
