Out of this World: World Building for Fantasy Writers

Join international award-winning author and illustrator Kathleen Jennings for a crash course in building fantastic worlds. Explore writing techniques (and some lessons pinched from years of mapping other people’s worlds), and develop your own toolkit of uniquely effective ways to summon, develop, and convey fantastic worlds, using voice, imagery, observation and misdirection.

Kathleen Jennings is a British Fantasy Award-winning writer and World Fantasy Award-winning illustrator based in Brisbane, Australia. Her books include Flyaway, Kindling: Stories, and her most recent novel, Honeyeater. She holds an MPhil and a PhD in Creative Writing.