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Romance with K Patrick

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Join author K Patrick for a writing workshop on the genre of romance.

The only space hornier than a library is a library located in the Barbican. Working from texts such as Lauren Berlant’s Desire/Love, Violette Leduc’s La Bâtarde and Robert Gluck’s Margery Kempe, participants will think through the relationship between the queer body and text: who is really holding onto who?

Workshop Accessibility

This 2-hour writing workshop has space for 25 participants and will include practical exercises and discussion. No prior writing experience required. Please contact [email protected] with questions about access. 

Bio

K Patrick is a writer based on the Isle of Lewis. In 2021 they were shortlisted for The White Review Poetry and Short Story Prize, and in 2020 were runner-up in the Ivan Juritz Prize and the Laura Kinsella Fellowship. They were selected as one of the Observer's ten best debut novelists for 2023 and Granta Magazine's Best of Young British NovelistsTheir debut novel, MRS S, was published by Fourth Estate (UK) on 7 June 2023.

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