Reading like a critic: a What Writers Read workshop

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'Reading like a critic' with Beejay Silcox: a What Writers Read workshop

A critic is more than an incisive reader; they are a bridge-builder, connecting text, history, author, and audience. Together, you’ll uncover how a work reflects its cultural and historical moment, how it speaks across time, and how the author’s creative practice – their choices and technique – shape the story. You’ll also learn to move beyond personal taste and develop the language of craft, balancing subjective response with objective analysis.

Whether you want to begin your own critical practice, or deepen your reading, this immersive workshop will connect you to the larger conversation that literature makes possible.

Suitable for readers and writers at all stages and experience levels. Participants will be asked to read Olga Ravn's The Wax Child before the workshop.

Beejay Silcox is a book critic. Described as ‘the most significant new Australian critic in decades’, her work is celebrated for its resolute – some might say foolhardy – honesty. Beyond the page, Beejay is a literary polymath: interviewer, prize judge, manuscript doctor, festival programmer, and award-winning creative writing educator. And she has stories to tell; Beejay eloped to Las Vegas, escaped quicksand, and was once rescued from a picnic at Hanging Rock.

Find out more about What Writers Read: https://whatwritersread.com/

Date

Hobart Library Training Room

91 Murray Street, Hobart Tas 7000