5 Day Workshop €160

Max 15 participants per workshop
Dates: 9:30 - 12:30, Monday 4th - Friday 8th July
Venue: Ard Scoil Phobal, Bantry, Co. Cork
Please note that all participants are asked to bring their own materials for workshops eg. pens, paper etc. 

This workshop will focus on the short story. One of the most demanding and challenging of genres, the emphasis will be on practical work. Each day will explore a particular aspect of the form – character, setting, time frame, point – the aim being that each student will have written a finished story by the end of the week. By way of illustration, students are asked to bring a favourite short story to the workshop, and be prepared to discuss its merits. In addition to workshop work, each student will have the opportunity of benefiting from short one-to-one tutorials.

Peter Benson has published eight novels and won a number of major prizes for his work, including The Guardian Fiction Prize and The Somerset Maugham Award, the Author's Club First Novel Award, the Betty Trask Prize, The Encore Award, and he was shortlisted for the Daily Express Book of the Year. He has also published short stories and poetry, and is widely translated. His latest novel Two Cows and a Vanful of Smoke is published by Alma.