We are continuing our series of creative writing workshops! Join us Saturday May 4th (14-16hr) at Artica Svalbard for a creative writing workshop lead by Longyearbyen based writer Kelsey Camacho.
How can we use the natural world to express something personal? What does a glacier have to say about memory? How many different things can you think of when you look at the landscape surrounding you? This writing workshop is an opportunity to explore these ideas.
This is a general writing workshop open to everyone, from beginning writers to those who do it every day. The goal is to provide a space where people can express what they want to, in whichever language they are comfortable with. Sharing is not a requirement, but those who want to are more than welcome to do so. There will also be a possibility for online publication, through Artica’s website.
Svalbard is a place that has inspired countless exploration, story-telling, and imagination. Each person who has visited or lived on Svalbard has their own unique perspective and connection to the place. As with other art forms focused on place, writing about the North is a way for readers to see the place through new lenses while gaining new understandings of it.
Participants will have the opportunity to write about several different images related to Svalbard, but they can also bring their own images if they want to. In the workshop we will discuss different writing tools, such as the use of detail, memory, and metaphor. There will be plenty of time for writing and thinking. We will also read excerpts from published writers that focus on the North.
About the moderator: Kelsey Camacho is a resident of Longyearbyen, where she works as a dog-sledding guide and writer. In November and December 2017, she was in residence at Artica Svalbard and wrote nonfiction essays about her experiences on Svalbard. Her work has appeared in Dark Mountain, Nowhere Magazine, Entropy, Proximity, and elsewhere
