Part of the afterwords literary festival
Writing Your Story
With Claire Cameron
Saturday, November 8
2:30PM – 4:30PM
Description
A lot of writers shy away from memoir. They are concerned they are not famous enough, that they’re too boring, or that their lives aren’t the kind that will resonate through the ages. But other people’s lives are interesting to readers. We will talk about why your story is worth writing, why other people will be interested, and how to decide on a way forward. Bring your ideas (or just listen)—we’ll workshop them together.
Speaker
Claire Cameron is the author of the national bestseller, How to Survive a Bear Attack. Her most recent novel, The Last Neanderthal, was a national bestseller and a finalist for the 2017 Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Her second novel, The Bear, was longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction and was a #1 national bestseller. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, and The Guardian, and she is a monthly contributor to The Globe and Mail. She lives in Toronto and has spent summers in Nova Scotia for most of her life.