Central Coast Library Service will partner with Words on the Waves Writing Festival to deliver a unique writing workshop for aspiring authors on Thursday, November 24, at Erina.
National Novel Writing Month is held annually and encourages participants to commit to writing a 50,000-word novel between November 1 and 30.
Participants can learn how to utilise the NaNoWriMo approach to maximise writing productivity with bestselling author of The Safe Place and The Shadow House, Anna Downes.
They will also gain insight into Downes’s tried and true preparatory tactics.
Downes grew up in Sheffield, UK.
She studied drama at the University of Manchester before winning a place at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and moving to London to pursue an acting career that included credits in EastEnders, Casualty, Holby City, and Dalziel and Pascoe, as well as a long-running stage production of The Dresser in London’s West End.
Her internationally bestselling debut novel, The Safe Place, was published simultaneously in Australia, the US and the UK in 2020 and was shortlisted for the 2021 Sisters in Crime Davitt Awards.
Her second book, The Shadow House, was published in 2021 in Australia and New Zealand followed by publication in the UK and the USA in 2022.
Downes has written for the Sydney Morning Herald, Sunday Life Magazine and CrimeReads, and her books have been translated into 10 different languages.
She now lives on the Central Coast with her husband and two children.
The workshop will be held from 6-8pm at Erina Library on November 24.
Bookings are essential by calling 4304 7650 or asking in your local library branch.
Source:
Media release, Oct 27
Central Coast Council