On Retellings

We are really looking forward to welcoming you to ‘On Retellings’. 

The likes of myths and fairytales, legends and classics, are timeless. They are stories we come back to again and again. So how can we, as writers, retell these stories for a contemporary audience?

Award-winning author Sarvat Hasin (The Giant Dark, Strange Girls) will be exploring retellings on the page; how you can approach them and what you can do with them.

Through creative writing exercises and expert advice, she’ll offer her insight into how you can use changes in genre, setting and perspective to place an old story in a new light. Sarvat will answer your questions about how far you can stray from the original, and how to subvert expectations and surprise your reader in a familiar story.

The key details of the session are below, as well as the link you’ll need to join this online masterclass. 

When: 20th April, 12:30pm-1:30pm UK time

Where: Online

Joining Link: On Retellings | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams

You can download Teams free on your computer, or join via the web: https://www.microsoft.com/en-ww/microsoft-teams/download-app 

We’ll also be recording the session, which we’ll make available to you to watch for two weeks after the event itself.