Seven signs: Storytelling for writers

When
19 Mar 2025
19:00 - 20:30
Location
Online (Zoom)

Registration

Members – 20.00
Non-members – 25.00
Steering Committee

Seven signs: Storytelling for writers

Online workshop

Seven Signs is a storytelling workshop by Nii Ayikwei Parkes shaped around key elements that contribute to narrative style, plot, character and timeline management. How do we signal the importance of a story? How do we create memorable characters? Why are our plots not coherent? Based on a simple teaching guide – Seven Signposts – which he has used to tutor at all levels for over a decade, the workshop is suitable for beginner as well as mid-career writers.

Where: Online via Zoom.

Time: 19:00-20:30 CET

(Credit: Josimar Senior)

Nii Ayikwei Parkes is primarily known for the acclaimed hybrid novel, Tail of the Blue Bird. Translated in multiple languages, he has written for National Geographic, Financial Times, The Guardian, and Lonely Planet, and been the recipient of residencies and fellowships from Harvard University, the University of Southampton, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, the V&A Museum and California State University, Los Angeles. Nii Ayikwei’s freelance research work explores the praeter-colonialism survivals of African philosophy, skills and ways of being in Africa and the African diaspora, and his oeuvre includes The Makings of You (poetry), The Geez (poetry), and the recent Azúcar.