Discover the pleasures of using precise and exquisite detail in your writing.

About this event

A short workshop on gathering and using original detail, as a driving force, in your writing.

As this event has a limited number of tickets and a waiting list, please do cancel if you find you’re not able to make it so that someone else can take up the opportunity.

About the Elizabeth Reeder

Elizabeth Reeder, originally from Chicago, now lives in Scotland. She writes fiction, narrative non-fiction and hybrid work that creates spaces between forms, subjects and disciplines. Her work explores identity, family, illness and grief, creativity and landscapes. She has published two previous novels, Ramshackle and Fremont. Her latest novel, An Archive of Happiness, was published by Penned in the Margins in September 2020. microbursts - a collection of hybrid, lyric essays about the places between life and death; memoir and poetry; making and letting go - is a collaboration with artist Amanda Thomson and is published by Prototype Publishing (Feb 2021). She is a MacDowell Fellow and a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow.

This event is part of the Stay-at-Home! Literary Festival 2021

The Stay-at-Home! Literary Festival is a celebration of books and writing, preventing loneliness and championing connectivity and community amidst social distancing. With an emphasis on both inclusivity and accessibility, this is a festival for those who might not feel able or comfortable to attend a physical literary event.

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