Australian writer Kathryn Heyman's novels have won and been nominated for awards in Australia and the UK. Her most recent book is Fury, a stunning and compelling memoir of transformation and recovery which is now in development as an international feature film. In this masterclass for writers of fiction or memoir, Kathryn takes participants through the foundations of story: how to decide where to start, how much to tell, and how to find your voice.

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Kathryn Heyman

Dr Kathryn Heyman is the author of the six novels and the acclaimed memoir, Fury, which was shortlisted for the Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature and is in development as a feature film. Her first novel, The Breaking, was shortlisted for the Stakis Award for the Scottish Writer of the Year and longlisted for the Orange Prize. Her other awards include the Arts Council of England Writers Award, the Wingate Prize and the Southern Arts Awards, and nominations for the Edinburgh Fringe Critics’ Awards, the Kibble Prize, and the West Australian Premier’s Book Awards.  She received the Copyright Agency Author Fellowship for Fury. Alongside her publishing career, she has also written several dramas and serials for BBC Radio.