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CREATIVE READING: WHAT WRITERS CAN LEARN FROM DAWN POWELL'S 'MY HOME IS FAR AWAY'
Tutor: Sarah Burton
Presented by: Between the Lines| 0 | ONLINE: ONLINE |
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| P | Sunday 9th November, 2025 |
| N | 2:00pm |
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Tim Page has written: "My Home is Far Away is one of the very few examples of a book written for adults, with an adult command of the language, that maintains the vantage point of the hungry, serious child throughout. It might be likened to a memoir that has been penned not with the usual tranquility of distance but rather with the sense that everything happening to the characters is happening right now, without any promise of eventual escape, without any assurance that childhood, too, shall pass away." As writers we can learn invaluable lessons from the means by which Powell draws the reader so completely into the world of this little-known gem of a novel.
Reading the book is recommended but not essential. Create a free account at archive.org to read it free online if you don't want to buy it:
https://archive.org/account/signup
Excerpts to be discussed will be circulated in advance of the session.
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