Workshops
About the Faber Academy
Launched in Paris in October 2008, the Faber Academy is an exciting new programme of creative writing courses and live events from Faber and Faber. Faber is one of the last great independent publishers in London - a home for creativity, not just a publishing house. Faber Academy’s events are devised and delivered by the foremost practitioners in their fields.
Friday 21 to Sunday 23 May 2010
The Materials of Fiction : Andrew O’Hagan, Anne Enright and John Lanchester
Course Venue: Tilton House (a stroll across a field from Charleston)
What are the boundaries between fiction and non fiction?
How do modern novelists build a story and make it live?
How do they marry the language of personal experience to historical fact?
Set over three days, in the beautiful surroundings of Tilton House (the former home of Maynard Keynes), the Faber Academy brings together Andrew O’Hagan, Anne Enright and John Lanchester, each of whose work has at various times dealt in the relationship between real and fictional worlds. This will be a practical and lively course, a rare opportunity to join three of fiction's best known practitioners as they go back to basics and offer insight into the art of the novel, its sources and materials.
Course cost: £400
The course includes:
- 3 days intensive tuition by Andrew O’Hagan and Anne Enright with guest tutorship from John Lanchester.
- A complimentary ticket to a Charleston Festival event of your choice on both Friday and Saturday evening (subject to availability)
- A complimentary Moleskine® Notebook
- A daily artisan lunch
- Regular coffee breaks
- A handy course pack including hotel and restaurant recommendations.
- A special discount off Faber books purchased at www.faber.co.uk
To make a booking:
Contact Patrick on patrickk@faber.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 465 7682
Alternatively, write to Patrick Keogh, Faber and Faber, 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AU
There are 30 places available on this course. Book soon to avoid disappointment
About the Tutors
Andrew O’Hagan
Andrew O’Hagan was born in Glasgow in 1968. Our Fathers, his debut novel, was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. His second novel, Personality, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2003, and in that same year Granta named him one of the 'Best of Young British Novelists'. His new novel The Life of Maf the Dog, and of his friend Marilyn Monroeis published in May 2010. He lives in London.
Anne Enright
Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published two collection of stories - The Portable Virgin won the Rooney Prize, and four novels, The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? – shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and winner of the Encore Award – and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Her first work of non-fiction, Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, was published in 2004. Her most recent novel The Gathering won the 2007 Man-Booker Prize.
John Lanchester
John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He was brought up in the Far East and educated in England. His three novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips and Fragrant Harbour, have been translated into more than twenty languages. His new book, Whoops!, is a non-fiction exploration of the credit crunch. He is married and lives in London.