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WRITING A NOVELLA Sunday 18th August, 12pm-3pm Tickets £18 Novellas are a form all their own, often combining the best elements of both novels and short stories - but the medium offers fresh challenges too. In this afternoon session we'll be exploring the fundamentals of novella writing, including pacing, characterisation, description and much more. This eve...

WRITING GHOST STORIES One-day workshop Saturday 17th August, 10:30am-4:30pm Tickets £30.00 If you’ve ever fancied writing your own supernatural tales, then this day course could be for you! Over the course of the day we’ll be exploring atmosphere, characterisation, pacing and more, giving you the complete toolkit to send a chill down the spine of your reader...

WRITING CYBERPUNK AND STEAMPUNK Four-week online course Thursdays 12:30pm-1:30pm, August 15th to September 5th Tickets £35 or £55 including one-hour author one-to-one from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-cyberpunk-and-steampunk-tickets-902316481887 Two of the most popular subgenres of science-fiction come into focus with this four-week course, explori...

THE AUTHOR’S GUIDE TO GETTING PUBLISHED Four-week online writing course Tuesdays 12:30pm-1:30pm, August 13th to September 3rd Tickets £35 or £55 including one-hour author one-to-one You’ve written your story – congratulations! But what now? There’s a wealth of options for authors, as well as a huge array of information out there to pile through. In this four...

Writing Violence in Horror With Alex Davis For Nottingham Writers Studio Online workshop, 21st May, 6:30pm-8:30pm Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-violence-in-horror-with-alex-davis-tickets-862067004617 The Workshop: Sometimes horror forces us as writers to go to some dark places, and sometimes there are moments and scenes that demand the ...

Secrets of Dracula… Unearthed With Dacre Stoker Thursday 23rd May, 7:30pm-9:30pm Museum of Making, Derby, DE1 3AF Tickets £10 from https://derbymuseums.org/event/secrets-of-dracula-unearthed-with-dacre-stoker Tiptoe behind the scenes of one of the world’s most enduring literary horrors, Dracula with Dacre Stoker. Dacre Stoker, international bestselling autho...

SPRING HAUNTS Saturday 11th-Sunday 12th May, 10am-4pm each day York Guildhall Tickets £149 from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-haunts-2024-tickets-780669642917 Come join us in a haunted city for two days of horror, gothic and ghost story writing! Following on from the success of the annual Winter Haunts virtual event, Spring Haunts comes to York for a...

Dracula: From Novel to Stage to Screen With Dacre Stoker Friday 24th May, 7:30pm-9:30pm Museum of Making, Derby Tickets £10 from https://derbymuseums.org/event/dracula-from-novel-to-stage-to-screen-with-dacre-stoker Enjoy this audio-visual survey by Dacre Stoker, international bestselling author and great grandnephew of Bram Stoker author of Dracula. Tracing...

Darkness in the Fields: Midsummer 2 Online Folk Horror Festival Wednesday 19th - Sunday 23rd June Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/darkness-in-the-fields-midsummer-2-tickets-880732774437 Online via Google Meet - EVENT LINKS WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL. Please look our for an email from alexdavisevents@hotmail.co.uk with all the info - sometimes t...

Dark Summer 4-week online horror writing school Tuesdays from 25th June-16th July, Thursdays from 27th June-18th July All sessions 6:30pm-8:30pm UK time Tickets from £35 (early bird price) from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dark-summer-online-horror-writing-school-tickets-880071636957 DARK SUMMER brings together an exciting array of horror talent for a pack...

Writing Gothic Fiction Online workshop for Nottingham Writers Studio Tuesday 16th July, 6:30pm-8:30pm Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-gothic-fiction-tickets-862087686477 THE WORKSHOP: In this session, we’ll explore the world of Gothic fiction, taking in the classics that made the form what it is through the current resurgent wave within t...

Writing Violence In Horror Online workshop for Nottingham Writers Studio With Alex Davis Tuesday 21st May, 6:30pm-8:30pm THE WORKSHOP: Sometimes horror forces us as writers to go to some dark places, and sometimes there are moments and scenes that demand the depiction of violence on or by our protagonists. Rather than looking away, or attempting to duck thes...

Online Terrors: Creepypasta and Horror Webinar for Writing Magazine Wednesday 1st May, 6:30pm-8:30pm Tickets from https://www.writers-online.co.uk/webinars/online-terrors-creepypasta-and-horror/ Horror has long had a home in books, films and TV, but of late has found a new home online in the form of creepypasta, a dark folklore born of web forums, social med...

Modern Folk Horror: The New Revival Webinar for Writing Magazine Wednesday 24th April, 6:30pm-8:30pm While Folk Horror enjoyed its first heyday in the 70s and 80s, the genre subsequently largely disappeared from public view - until now that is. But why is Folk Horror suddenly finding itself once more in the limelight, and how can you write stories in the sub...

WRITING SHORT STORIES Tuesdays 16th April to 7th May 12:30pm-1:30pm via Google Meet Tickets £30 This four-week course zooms in on the form of the short story, taking in not only its definition and history but exploring its key elements, such as pacing, description, characterisation, the hook and much more. We'll also take a look at the world of getting your ...

REALMS OF FANTASY 3 Saturday 27th April, 10:30am-4pm Online via Google Meet Tickets £28 (£25 early bird) Realms of Fantasy returns to complete the trilogy, serving up a loaded day of fantasy writing workshops with a series of guest authors! Join us to gain the insight, inspiration and information to take your fantasy fiction to the next level. Full line-up a...