We are delighted to welcome back Eley Williams to the Word Factory to lead this one and a half hour online masterclass on the literary essentials of play.
We will also be celebrating the launch of her latest collection of short stories, Moderate To Poor, Occasionally Good, due from 4th Estate this month.
About this class:
Join us for an early evening burst of energy as we explore playfulness in language and form with one of the UK's most versatile, candid and exciting writers. Come prepared for conversation, discussion and writing exercises.
About Eley Williams:
Eley Williams' collection of fiction Attrib. and Other Stories (2017) was awarded the Republic of Consciousness Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Her novel The Liar's Dictionary won a 2021 Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and listed as a Guardian Book of the Year. In 2023, she was selected as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Her writing is published in journals and anthologies including Modern Queer Poets, The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short Story edited by Philip Hensher, and Liberating the Canon edited by Isabel Waidner, with stories and serialised fiction also commissioned by Radio 4. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
This evening will be hosted by Word Factory Director Cathy Galvin.
Date: Wednesday 31 July 2024, 17:00 - 18:30 BST
Location: Online
Cost: £25
Further info and to book via
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