This October, we will speak to writers Ely Percy (they/ them) and Carrie Marshall (she/ her) about their creative processes across fiction and memoir, sharing their top tips on structure, self-care and writing from the personal. In conversation with each other, they will discuss how their relationships to queer and transness shape their writing practises, and have affected their publication journeys. From writing queer and trans characters and narratives, to creating space for queer and trans writers within the publishing industry, they will offer invaluable guidance to writers of all genders.
All proceeds raised from ticket sales of this masterclass will go towards Mermaids, a charity that support trans, non-binary and gender-diverse young people.
This masterclass will be online via Teams. It will also be recorded so if you are unable to attend live, you'll be able to catch-up and access the recording for up to two weeks after the event has taken place.
Ely Percy is an award winning Scottish writer, perhaps best known for their novel Duck Feet.
Their first publication was a letter-cum-poem in Big! magazine in 1994. Since then, they’ve released a memoir Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, graduated with distinction from Glasgow University’s MPhil in Creative Writing and contributed over fifty short stories to literary journals including New Writing Scotland, Scotsman,Orange and Edinburgh Review.
Percy’s debut novel Vicky Romeo Plus Joolz was published in March 2019 by Knight Errant Press. Their second novel Duck Feet came out on March 2021 and won The Saltire Society's Scottish Fiction Book of the Year in November of the same year.
I’m Carrie Marshall, a freelance writer, copywriter, broadcaster, podcaster and songwriter from Glasgow in Scotland. I’ve been a professional writer for 25 years.
I write features, news stories, columns, web copy, brochures, advertorials, press releases, profiles, tutorials, reviews, scripts, blogs and books. My debut memoir, Carrie Kills A Man, was a Scotsman book of the year and Damian Barr’s Literary Salon book of the week, and it was shortlisted for the 2023 British Book Awards book of the year in the Discover category.
I’m a transgender woman and my pronouns are she/her.
Photo: Eoin Carey
The workshop fee of £5 (incl. VAT) is payable in full online. All proceeds from this masterclass will go towards Mermaids, a charity which supports trans, non-binary and gender diverse young people. Thank you for supporting the trans and non-binary communities with your purchase.
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