Making Space for Stories that Hold Linh S Nguyen

11th June 2025 8:00pm to 9:00pm

The iconic “hero’s journey” is one way to structure a novel—but it is not the only one. Ursula K. Le Guin’s feminist essay “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” offers another entry point into storytelling, provoking perspectives that respond to urgent questions of what stories can stimulate in today’s world. How can shaping stories as carrier bags engender new ways to be? Join HarperCollins author and facilitator Linh S. Nguyễn in her workshop aimed at questioning: how will you make space to tell the stories that matter to you the most?


 

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