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Australian Gothic and Suspense with Jessica Mansour-Nahra
Sat
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Sat 25 Oct 10:00 AM
Marie Reay Teaching Centre | Australian National University
Wheelchair
General Admission
120 Mins
October
Join Jessica Mansour-Nahra, author of gothic thriller The Farm, in a session that breaks down the key components of writing a psychological suspense novel that will immerse readers in unrelenting tension. Jessica will explain how the Australian Gothic genre can be a powerful vehicle to drive narrative suspense while exploring modern themes, including fertility, relationships, control and psychological despair.
Critical to Australian Gothic is exploring different experiences of the Australian landscape, drawing on its harsh nature, deadly animals and our human vulnerability. Jessica will share techniques and exercises that will help writers establish a vivid sense of place while thinking about the fears their characters may be unwilling to confront.
As part of this session, Jessica encourages all writers to think about the relationship they and their characters have with the land; and to consider the broader historic context of Australia being colonised and the impact this had on our First Nations people's relationship to Country.
Jessica Mansour-Nahra was a communications consultant and writer in Brisbane, London and Sydney, before tree-changing to a hamlet on Wiradjuri Country. Jessica holds degrees in history and law from The University of Queensland. The Farm is her debut novel.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.
Critical to Australian Gothic is exploring different experiences of the Australian landscape, drawing on its harsh nature, deadly animals and our human vulnerability. Jessica will share techniques and exercises that will help writers establish a vivid sense of place while thinking about the fears their characters may be unwilling to confront.
As part of this session, Jessica encourages all writers to think about the relationship they and their characters have with the land; and to consider the broader historic context of Australia being colonised and the impact this had on our First Nations people's relationship to Country.
Jessica Mansour-Nahra was a communications consultant and writer in Brisbane, London and Sydney, before tree-changing to a hamlet on Wiradjuri Country. Jessica holds degrees in history and law from The University of Queensland. The Farm is her debut novel.
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Concession Tickets apply for children under the age of 16, full-time students, Commonwealth Health Care Card holders, Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders and Commonwealth Pensioner Concession Card holders. Please have your eligible card with you at the venue.