Literature: The Caroline Chisholm Reading with Ross Raisin
- Mon 10 Dec 2018
- 6:30 pm
- £7.00
This event honours the memory of writer Caroline Chisholm (MA Creative Writing, 2013), who was a valued member of the Centre For New Writing community.
Ross Raisin is the author of three novels: ‘A Natural’ (2017), ‘Waterline’ (2011) and ‘God’s Own Country’ (2008). In 2013 he was named as one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists.
He has been the recipient of several awards, including The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year and a Betty Trask Award, and been shortlisted for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Guardian First Book Award.
His 2018 publication on the practice of fiction writing was titled ‘Read This if you Want to be a Great Writer’. Ross teaches creative writing at Goldsmiths University.
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