Whether you are writing an awkward first kiss, a steamy sex scene or just someone brushing their teeth, join Kris Kneen to learn techniques to lift your writing from the mundane into work that is an immersive, sensual, whole-body experience.

When you are watching a movie or TV your experience of the fictional world is mitigated by a screen. A book is a much more immersive experience and tapping into the sensuality of everyday life can make the reading experience so much more profound. Join Kris Kneen, author of Fat Girl Dancing and The Adventures of Holly White and the Incredible Sex Machine, to learn how your own writing can be lifted from the mundane into work that is an immersive, sensual, whole-body experience.

Through a series of exercises, activities, discussions and readings, this workshop will equip you with tools that will help you to see and describe your literary world in a more sensual light.⁠ These techniques apply to fiction, poetry and memoir and will help you bring the body onto the page which leads to a more immersive experience for a reader.

Please be aware that in this session we will be using and hearing correct terminology for body parts and what some might consider coarse language.

Suitable for all writers of any genre or form who struggle with writing the body or intimacy. You cannot attend this event if you are under 16 years old.

Participants will:

• Learn how Kris Kneen has tapped into the sensuality of life across nine works of fiction, memoir and poetry.
• Practice techniques which will help to meet the world sensually on the page.
• Explore the body in literature.
• Apply the techniques of writing sensual prose to writing about sex and sexuality.
• Explore other works of fiction, memoir and poetry that use sensuality as a tool for immersive experience.

Members $88 / Non-members $140

This workshop will be delivered via Zoom. Instructions will be emailed to you, please check your spam/junk folders. A recording will be available to registered participants for two weeks after the event.

—Not a Writers SA member? Members receive more than 30% off the full price of this workshop, you’ll also get a free 20 minute consult, expert advice about your career and your work, and join a community of like-minded creatives. Join now for as little as $60! 

—Writers SA members must be logged in to receive the member discount. If you would like to use a workshop credit to book in, please contact [email protected] at least five working days before the workshop commencement date. Our staff don’t work full time and we don’t want you to miss out!

—If you are a member of another state based writers centre, SCBWI SA or Editors SA, please contact [email protected] at least five working days before the program commencement date to get a code for the member price.

—Writers SA provides complimentary membership for First Nations writers and for writers experiencing economic hardship. Please contact [email protected] to redeem.

About Kris Kneen

Kris Kneen is the award-winning author of fiction, poetry and non-fiction including An Uncertain Grace which was shortlisted for the Stella Prize, Wintering, shortlisted for the Davitt award and three QPLA awards, and The Three Burials of Lotty Kneen which was shortlisted for two QPLA awards and the Margarey Medal. Their poetry collection Eating My Grandmother won the Thomas Shapcott Prize. Their latest book Fat Girl Dancing is shortlisted for the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. They have written and directed broadcast television documentaries and were the Copyright Agency Ltd Non-fiction Fellow in 2020.