Whether you are writing a novel based on real events or telling a fictional story set in the past, every writer of historical fiction wants their work to be captivating and accurate. This workshop will introduce you to techniques for combining research with a novelist’s tools to create characters and settings that are engaging, believable and historically authentic. Learn how to put your research to work without overloading your narrative, build convincing historical characters and worlds, and write cracking dialogue that’s true to your era.
Rachael Mead is a South Australian novelist and poet. She’s the author of the novels The Application of Pressure (Affirm Press 2020) and The Art of Breaking Ice (Affirm Press 2023) as well as four collections of poetry. She holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Adelaide and was the recipient of the Barbara Hanrahan Fellowship at the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature in 2022.
