Lisa Harding, award-winning author of The Wildelings, Harvesting and Bright Burning Things, recently delivered a compelling creative writing workshop on the theme of voice, identity and belonging at SETU.
Lisa has won the Kate O’ Brien Award. Her work has also been nominated for an Irish Book Award, the Dalkey Literary Award and the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year award.
This event, hosted by the English team and the Department of Arts at SETU, was attended by students studying English literature on the BA Arts.
Creative process
Ryan Coughlan, a third year student said, “Lisa held our attention from beginning to end in how she explained her creative process. Her exercises were freeing and allowed me to be more comfortable in my writing. Her remarks on how a character is always two places at once, thinking and being, has changed how I approach my own writing and characters.”
Angel Walsh, also in third year, noted, “Her approach to writing really opened a new perspective on who we write about and took a deeper analysis into their psyches.” Ellen Harrison added, “Lisa's skills in both her writing and as a teacher transformed my understanding of character, mood and voice in particular.”
The event was also open to the public, and a number of residents from Kilbarry Care Centre enjoyed participating in the workshop. The event was kindly funded by SATLE (the Strategic Alignment of Teaching and Learning Enhancement.)
Listen back
If you missed the event but would like to hear Lisa talk about her writing, you can listen to her being interviewed by Dr. Jenny O’ Connor on The Nerve: An English and Arts podcast. You can listen here, via the SETU podcasts website by clicking here.
