Event: Public Lecture with Xan Brooks, our Writer in Residence 2019

Come join us for a talk with our Xan Brooks, Writer in Residence

Xan Brooks is a renowned film critic, journalist and author of an acclaimed debut novel. In this lecture 'Authorial responsibility vs creative freedom: Whose story is it anyway?' Xan will be considering the responsibility of a writer when telling the story of a person, place or history, of which they have no first-hand experience. Is the current debate a necessary corrective, or does it risk stifling creative freedom and blunting the essential point of fiction writing?

In this public lecture entiltled 'Authorial Responsibility vs Creative Freedom: Whose Story is it Anyway?' Xan will consider the responsibility of a writer when telling the story of a person, a place or a history, of which they have no first-hand experience.

~ Does a heterosexual author have the right to write in the voice of a gay character, or a white male author in the voice of a black female heroine?
~ Is the current debate a necessary corrective, highlighting the need for greater diversity in British publishing? Or does it risk throwing the baby out with the bath-water, stifling creative freedom & blunting the essential point of fiction writing (to make stuff up)?

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