This workshop, run by Tiffani Angus, co-author of the multi-award-shortlisted Spec Fic for Newbies series, will delve into the contradictory ways that witches have been depicted in literature and pop culture and will also explore the three main elements of stories about witches and how you, as a writer, can tap into them to create a new story idea.
There will be activities! So make sure you have your laptop ready or pen and notebook to write down ideas and do some freewriting to start on a new story.
Your Workshop Leader
Tiffani Angus (PhD) is a multi BSFA- and BFS-award finalist for her debut novel Threading the Labyrinth and (as co-author with Val Nolan) Spec Fic for Newbies: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror (2023), which also made the Locus Recommended Reading List. Spec Fic for Newbies Vol. 2 was released in 2024, and a third volume will be out in 2026. She spent over a decade teaching creative writing at universities in the US and UK, the majority of that time as a Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing and Publishing at ARU in Cambridge (UK). She works as a freelance editor and proofreader for private clients and SFF publishing houses, runs the typesetting/formatting business Book Polishers, and is currently at work on a novel, a novella, a short-story collection, and another scandalous new project. You can find her at www.tiffani-angus.com
About the event:
Running time: 105 minutes including breaks
Tickets: £14 / £12 (plus 50p booking fee)
The event will be take place in Zoom meetings. Workshops are not recorded.
Please note there is no physical space provided at the festival venue to participate in this workshop.