An interactive writing masterclass, looking at how to create a sense of place with award-winning non-fiction writer Travis Elborough.

Thank you to all who joined us for this masterclass. Please note due to the interactive nature of the event it is not available as a recording.

The London Library Lit Fest has teamed up with Arvon, the UK’s leading creative writing charity, to bring you interactive masterclasses with highly experienced tutors each morning of the festival.

On the final day of the festival, Travis Elborough, the award-winning author of Wish You Were Here: England on Sea, A Walk in the Park and Atlas of Vanishing Places, leads this interactive masterclass that will help you to get creative when writing about place. Whether you have a novel, memoir, biography, travel or nature writing project in mind, you’ll discover how to effectively conjure place and convey it to the page.

The masterclass will take place over Zoom and a limited number of places are available. You will be sent a link 24 hours before the workshop.

Travis Elborough is a freelance writer, author, broadcaster, lecturer and cultural commentator, acclaimed by the Guardian as ‘one of the country's finest pop culture historians.’ His books include Wish You Were Here: England on Sea, The Long-Player Goodbye, a hymn to vinyl records, A Walk in the Park, a loving exploration of public parks and green space and the forthcoming Through the Looking Glasses: the Spectacular Life of Spectacles. He is currently a Visiting Lecturer in creative writing at the University of Westminster.

Arvon is the UK's leading creative writing charity. For over fifty years, they have supported writers of all stages to discover and express their creativity and individual voice through residential activity at their three heritage properties based in Devon, Shropshire and West Yorkshire, and more recently online.