This event is 18+

How might we make love? A fascinating question in the context of speculative fiction, a genre where writers create characters that might do anything with their bodies: change form, shake mountains, be invisible…

This workshop will take you through a focussed, multi-part writing exercise designed to consider sex and sexuality when nothing is impossible and everything is very fluid indeed.

Come and explore these ideas with award winning novelist, short story writer and editor Leone Ross, author of this One Sky Day.

Please expect adult themes and discussion of explicit sexuality. 18+ only.

About Leone:

Leone Ross is a novelist, short story writer and editor. Her fiction has been nominated for the Women’s Prize, the Goldsmiths award, the RSL Ondaatje award, and the Edge Hill Prize, among others. In 2022, she won the Manchester Prize for Fiction. The Guardian has praised her ‘searing empathy’ and the Times Literary Supplement called her ‘a master of detail…’ Ross has taught creative writing for 20 years. Her third novel, This One Sky Day aka Popisho was published in 2021 (Faber & Faber). She is the editor of Glimpse: A Black British Anthology of Speculative Fiction (2022, Peepal Tree Press).

Access information for this event:

This event is for ages 18+ and will be held online. You will need a good internet connection and a laptop/computer/mobile device to join us.

There will be 25 attendees maximum, and the event will feature comfort breaks. During this event, attendees will participate in: writing, whole group discussions, sharing work that has been created.

If you have any questions or access requirements, please get in touch with us via [email protected].

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How to access the event:

After booking a ticket, you will be sent several reminder emails from Eventbrite leading up to the event. We will also send emails that share any resources that attendees will need access to, including any required materials.

Access links will be sent to attendees in advance of the event. For any technical problems, please email [email protected]

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