What would the world look like from the point of view of rivers, street signs or mosquitos? Explore animating the more-than-human in your writing.
What does it mean to give language or agency to the more-than-human?
How might this impact plot, character and relationships?
How to develop a voice and point of view for the more-than-human?
In this playful workshop, participants will explore how and why writers feature the more-than-human, and develop their own piece of writing.
What will you do in the workshop?
We will look at examples from authors and do short writing activities. Participants are encouraged to bring a piece of writing or a dream (which need not involve a more-than-human character) to work with in the session.
What can participants expect?
Participants will choose and develop a more-than-human character through a series of cumulative writing activities. They will receive a handout with extracts of stories by Helen Oyeyemi, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Alasdair Gray.
Who is this opportunity for?
This workshop is open to anyone interested in experimenting with character and plot in their writing by incorporating the more-than-human.
Bursary places
We have 5 free bursary places available for writers on a low income. We define this as either earning on or below the London Living Wage and/or in receipt of benefits (e.g. Universal Credit). If you would like to request a bursary place, please email [email protected] with details of your eligibility for a bursary by 2 November 2025.
Access
If you require BSL interpretation, and/or have other access needs please email [email protected] so we can accommodate you.
Published: Thursday 11 September
About the tutor
Saskia Marisha Fischer
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Saskia Marisha Fischer is a writer, educator and editor of Indian and Dutch heritage. Her writing has appeared in The Guardian, New Internationalist, The Anarchist Review of Books and The Willowherb Review. She has a PhD from Queen Mary, University of London, and teaches Politics and Communication at Richmond University in London. She has written extensively about Mapuche struggles in Argentina. Her creative practice, including with PartSuspended and Glocal Collective, incorporates text, still and moving images. She is currently working on her first collection of short fiction and a memoir about her father’s last years with dementia.