Quay Words presents: Writing In Images, a fiction workshop with Monique Roffey

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Writiting Images is a fiction workshop with Monique Roffey which examinesSpecificity

Quay Words are pleased to invite Monique Roffey back to the Custom House to deliver this focused 2-hour workshop, a part of our jam-packed May programme for lovers of words.

Written stories on the page mimic the oral tradition in that action and emotion is dramatized and relevant information is summarised. We also call this 'showing and telling' and learning to get the mix right is key to becoming a storyteller for the page.
Being told too much can be off putting both in speech and in fiction. There's a psychologist behind the camera in the eye, who likes to puzzle for herself, who likes to SEE things on the page. This workshop deals with how to create scenes and how to choose the right words to make your scenes come alive.

About the author

Monique Roffey, FRSL, is an award-winning Trinidadian born British writer of novels, essays, literary journalism and a memoir. Her latest novel, Passiontide , was published in June 2024. The Mermaid of Black Conch , won the Costa Book of the Year Award, 2020, and was nominated for eight other awards. Her other Caribbean novels, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle and House of Ashes have also been nominated for awards. Archipelago won the OCM Bocas Award for Caribbean Literature in 2013. Her work has been translated into many languages and adapted for screen. She is a member of the Hard Art collective and co-organiser of Hey! Festivals. She is also a Professor of Contemporary Fiction and a member of the Centre for Fiction at Manchester Metropolitan University.

The workshop will take place in historic rooms on the first floor of the building. There is step-free entry to the ground floor and a lift connects the ground and first floors.

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We can accommodate free tickets for carers or personal assistants if needed just email us after booking to let us know.