Join award-winning writer Jonathan Kemp (who also happens to be one of Queerguru’s London Based Contributing Editors) on this asynchronous online ‘Slack’ course to consider what it means to tell our queer stories and how we might go about it. Generate ideas and stories through a combination of writing exercises and readings/discussions. For beginners and experienced writers.
They will use a platform called Slack which will have an area for input from Jonathan, including resources and regular short assignments. There will also be spaces to share and discuss the writing you produce with other, informally network, and communicate with Out on the Page who administer and support the course.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Generate ideas and hone writing skills.
- Explore what it means to write words that are queer.
- Gain a broader, deeper knowledge of queer writing past and present.
- explore ideas in a safe and supportive environment.
- be part of a virtual community of fellow writers.
Jonathan, who has extensive experience of running this course will:
- introduce and set each weeks reading and writing activities
- engage with the online posts and discussions that follow
- read and provide feedback on a piece of your writing (up to 2,000 words) submitted at the end of the course.
It is up to each attendee how much time they give to this. We would suggest a minimum of two hours per week for reading, writing, sharing and giving feedback to your fellow writers.
The course which will be open from Monday 4th April and close on Thursday 30th June. This means that there are no set times for attendance but with 10-12 sharing dates within the overall course plus one final submission date to Jonathan.
Please note, this course will only go ahead if they receive 10 or more registrations before 21/03/21. The course is limited to 21 participants.
If you have any questions regarding the course please email [email protected]Jonathan Kemp writes fiction and non-fiction and teaches creative writing at Middlesex University. He is the author of two novels – London Triptych (2010), which won the 2011 Authors’ Club Best First Novel Award, and Ghosting (2015) – and the short-story collection Twentysix. (2011, all published by Myriad Editions). Non-fiction works include The Penetrated Male (2012) and Homotopia?: Gay Identity, Sameness and the Politics of Desire (2015, both Punctum Books).
