Writing Historical Stories - Katherine

Saturday 9th, 1.00pm – 5.30pm
Sunday 10th, 1.30pm – 3.30pm

$75/$50 concession, KROW and NTWC members – bookings online or via phone 08 8941 2651

Have you wondered about how to go about writing historical stories? Or you’re writing a story and you’re looking for some more guidance – this workshop is for you.

Spanning over two days the workshop will explore different types of historical writing including memoir, biography and family history. It will cover researching and structuring historical narratives.

Participants will experiment with using techniques in historical writing such as voice and point of view, and drawing on personal and archival material to bring characters and milieu to life.

Eleanor will also cover the ethics of truth-telling eg. who gets to tell the story and how? And, other questions such as what are the implications of putting yourself in the story? How do you deal with gaps and silences in the historical records?

There will also be an opportunity on Sunday morning for one-on-one feedback. This will be pre-arranged and participants will need to submit their written work prior to the workshop.

While this workshop doesn’t require any writing experience and is open to all it is best suited to adults.

Eleanor Hogan is a literary non-fiction writer and independent researcher whose writing draws on her experience of Central Australia. She is the author of Alice Springs (2012) and Into the Loneliness: the unholy alliance of Ernestine Hill and Daisy Bates (2021), which received several shortlistings, including the Magarey Medal for Biography 2022 and the National Biography Award 2022. Eleanor is the presenter and producer of ‘Book Chat’, a 8CCC podcast series based on her interviews with authors on Centralian themes.