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Workshop description
As the darkness of winter deepens, join acclaimed, award-winning and bestselling author Cathryn Kemp as we delve together into the art and craft of writing into the dark. In this deeply immersive three-hour workshop, we'll investigate ways of writing mystery, horror and the supernatural and how to take inspiration from folklore and tales of witches, witchcraft and beyond. We'll write dread, fear and the uncanny through the close reading of examples from fiction, creative writing exercises and lively group discussion and, by reflecting on themes such as power, storytelling and feminism, create a small body of works that can be developed beyond the session.
About the tutor
Cathryn Kemp is an acclaimed, award-winning and best-selling author. Her debut novel, A Poisoner’s Tale, won the HWA Debut Crown 2025 award and Le Grand Prix du Roman Historique 2026, and has been published in multiple territories around the world. Her second novel, They Can’t Burn Us All was published this year by Penguin Random House, and her 2012 memoir Coming Clean won The Big Red Read Prize for Non-Fiction. She is also a Sunday Times bestselling ghostwriter writing celebrity, public figure, true crime and inspirational titles, as well as a writing mentor, a tutor at Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking and the Creative Writing Programme, and a writing coach.