Sara Wheeler is a prizewinning broadcaster and non-fiction writer whose ten books include the international bestseller Terra Incognita: Travels in Antarctica. The Sunday Times found her last book, Mud and Stars: Travels in Russia with Pushkin and Other Geniuses of the Golden Age ‘Superlative’. Of her biography of one of Captain Scott’s men, Jon Krakauer wrote, ‘Utterly fascinating. Cherry is a wonderful book’.

More about Sara at Penguin Books

2021 Virtual Workshop:

Dialogue in Travel Writing and other Non-Fiction

The use of direct speech is the yeast of non-fiction. Using handouts to illustrate what works (and what doesn’t), the workshop explores the best ways to use dialogue in travel writing and biography, covering key questions such as: How much? Is it ok to make it up? How can one create an authentic voice? Where should the dialogue go? Delegates are welcome to bring examples of their own.