Do you have a writing project but you’re not sure what form it’s trying to take? Louise Wallace’s debut novel ASH is a blisteringly brilliant example of how genre-bending can produce a work that is truthful, original and compelling. ASH is a novel punctuated by poetry born from poetic forms and ideas. In this masterclass, Louise shows how to find a way into your story and what form/s it could take in order to emerge into its true shape.

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Lousie Wallace

Louise Wallace is the author of four collections of poems, the latest of which is This Is a Story About Your Mother (2023). She is the founder and editor of Starling, an online journal publishing the work of young writers from Aotearoa, and the editor of Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2022. She is a recipient of the Biggs Prize for Poetry and a Robert Burns fellow. She grew up in Gisborne and lives in Ōtepoti Dunedin. ASH is her first novel.