Location
493 West Main Street, Building 3
Cheshire, Connecticut 06410
United States
Date & Time
10:00am EDT - 11:30am EDT
About This Event
Oracles & Writing Games with Jedediah Berry
Author Julio Cortázar described literature as “the game one can put one’s life into.” In this workshop, we will work collaboratively and independently to generate strange and surprising texts using techniques from the world of game design.
Each participant will also leave the class having created their own custom oracle, a highly personalized tool to accompany them into future writing projects.
Bio:
Jedediah Berry's latest novel, The Naming Song, won the Massachusetts Book Award for fiction and was an LA Times Book Prize finalist. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, won the Crawford Award and the Hammett Prize, and was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4.
He is the author of numerous stories and interactive works, including The Family Arcana, which was a finalist for a World Fantasy Award. He is the co-creator, with Andrew McAlpine, of the Wildendrem adventure game setting, which began with the Ennie Award-winning The Valley of Flowers.
Together with his partner, writer Emily Houk, he runs Ninepin Press, an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, and games in unusual shapes. He lives in Western Massachusetts.
About This Event
Oracles & Writing Games with Jedediah Berry
Author Julio Cortázar described literature as “the game one can put one’s life into.” In this workshop, we will work collaboratively and independently to generate strange and surprising texts using techniques from the world of game design.
Each participant will also leave the class having created their own custom oracle, a highly personalized tool to accompany them into future writing projects.
Bio:
Jedediah Berry's latest novel, The Naming Song, won the Massachusetts Book Award for fiction and was an LA Times Book Prize finalist. His first novel, The Manual of Detection, won the Crawford Award and the Hammett Prize, and was adapted for broadcast by BBC Radio 4.
He is the author of numerous stories and interactive works, including The Family Arcana, which was a finalist for a World Fantasy Award. He is the co-creator, with Andrew McAlpine, of the Wildendrem adventure game setting, which began with the Ennie Award-winning The Valley of Flowers.
Together with his partner, writer Emily Houk, he runs Ninepin Press, an independent publisher of fiction, poetry, and games in unusual shapes. He lives in Western Massachusetts.
Location
493 West Main Street, Building 3
Cheshire, Connecticut 06410
United States
Date & Time
10:00am EDT - 11:30am EDT