The Brontë Festival of Women’s Writing 2021
CANCELLED - Rachel Joyce Writing for Radio Workshop
Sunday 1 August, 1.30 - 3.30pm
This workshop has had to be cancelled. All ticketholders have been emailed, and refunds will be processed in the coming days.
Take part in an interactive workshop where bestselling author Rachel Joyce will introduce you to the craft of writing for radio.
The novels of the Brontës are among the most commonly adapted in literature. Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall have been brought to life as plays, ballets, films, operas and radio dramas. Rachel will talk about her experience of adapting some of the world’s best loved fictional texts for a 21st century audience.
Rachel Joyce is the author of bestsellers The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, Perfect, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessey, and a collection of interlinked short stories, A Snow Garden & Other Stories. Her work has been translated into thirty-six languages.
All writing levels welcome
This event will take place via Zoom meeting.
Full details of how to join the event will be sent once you have booked your place.
This event will feature captions via Otter.ai. There will be an explanation of how to make use of these services at the start of the event
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