More than Talking: Crafting Great Dialogue with Award-Winning Author, Brent van Staalduinen

Muskoka Authors Association invites you to hear award-winning author, Brent van Staalduinen on Thursday, July 11. Great dialogue is far more than just characters talking to each other to push the plot forward. In this brief workshop, Brent will outline a handful of principles and techniques to make your characters’ words sing with tension, promise, and emotion.
Brent van Staalduinen lives, writes, teaches, and podcasts in Hamilton. He’s the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels Unthinkable, Nothing But Life, Boy, and Saints, Unexpected, and the story collection Cut Road. His stories have appeared in journals on both sides of the Atlantic, and have won the Bristol Short Story Prize, the Fiddlehead Best Fiction Award, the Lush Triumphant Literary Award, and numerous other accolades. He’s also the founder and co-host of Rejected Central, a podcast that explores the history, pain, and humour of rejection. For more information about Brent and his writing, visit www.brentvans.com and follow him on social media (@brentvans).

Location: Bracebridge United Church, 46 Dominion Street, Bracebridge, lower level. Enter by door on the southside driveway.

Time: 7:00 – 9:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm
Fee: MAA Members: Free, Non-Members: $20

For more information and to register, visit Eventbrite or visit MuskokaAuthors.ca and click on UPCOMING EVENTS or email David Bruce Patterson at [email protected]