Master Class with novelist Allison Amend

Join us for insights into writing and publishing from American novelist Allison Amend.

We'll be looking at Allison's latest novel, Enchanted Islands—the story of an independent American woman whose path takes her from her native Minnesota to the Galápagos Islands, where she and her husband, an undercover intelligence officer, are sent on the brink of World War II.

If you'd like to join, please register on our website in advance of the class: https://iwc.li/amend

About this teacher:
Allison is a graduate of Stanford University and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop, and is the author of the award-winning short story collection Things That Pass for Love and two other novels—A Nearly Perfect Copy and Stations West.

What to expect:
📝 Insights into thorny novel challenges such as writing based on a real person, covering multiple time periods, conducting research for historical fiction, as well as general writing and publishing questions
📖 Craft-based discussion of Enchanted Islands
🎤 Live interview + Q&A
🥂 Drinks & bites after the event
€ €15 entrance fee (allows us to pay the bookstore, the moderator, and provide some wine and nibbles afterwards)

We're meeting at The Book Nook—a new international bookstore in the centre (check them out and say hello to Poli for us).