From memoir to fiction with Kari Gislason

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Join us for this online writing workshop exploring techniques for memoir and fiction writers.

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Learn how you can weave memoir and fiction with writer and academic Kári Gíslason. This writing workshop will show you techniques for writers who want to express ideas and questions that emerge from lived experience.Kári Gíslason’s most recent book, the memoir <a href="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/90171642/85974996,2" title="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/90171642/85974996,2" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Running with Pirates</a> was released in August 2024, and he is also the co-author, with Richard Fidler, of <a href="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/90171775/57714084,4" title="https://boroondara.spydus.com/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/FULL/WPAC/BIBENQ/90171775/57714084,4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Saga Land</a>.To find more events, subscribe to our <a href="https://us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7b37e5149733542b3aa89f74a&id=4b941163d4" title="https://us1.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=7b37e5149733542b3aa89f74a&id=4b941163d4" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">newsletter</a> and follow us on <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/boroondara-libraries-3074435448" title="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/boroondara-libraries-3074435448">Eventbrite</a> to get notifications for events as they are added.

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