Masterclass: Contemporary Non-Fiction | Other peoples' histories | Arvon
Masterclass Recording: Contemporary Non-Fiction
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Masterclass Recording: Contemporary Non-Fiction

Other peoples' histories
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  • Bella Bathurst Headshot
    Bella Bathurst
Date Tuesday September 26th 2023, 19:00-21:00 BST
Location Online

Non-Fiction used to be simple: just pick your easily-defined categories (memoir, nature, military history), and deliver something that fits the formula. But recently, the whole genre has begun to melt, one element flowing into another, biography becoming memoir turning into reportage. So how should you set about writing contemporary non-fiction now, particularly when you’re trying to paint an accurate and intimate portrait of another person? How do you blend research, biography, journalism, oral history and documentary to make something simaultaneously close, true and compelling? This session will look at the tools you can use, as well as at some unpredictable influences on the genre, so you can begin to enliven your writing and move it on up to the next level.

This recording will be available to watch at your convenience. Please see the ‘Access’ tab for information on how to find it.

Online: £25.00

Concessions: £12.50

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— Masterclass participant
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— Masterclass participant
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— Masterclass participant

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