Border Crossings: Facts, Failure and the Ghostliness of Fiction

Autofiction has been rising in popularity over the years, with authors such as Teju Cole, Karl Ove Knausgaard, Rachel Cusk, and Sheila Heti all experimenting with the genre. It’s a form which plays with the questions of what fiction is, how it works on the reader, and the complex relationship between fact and fiction.

In this thought-provoking in-conversation session, award-winning authors Miles Allinson and André Dao will unpack fiction writing, discussing André’s autofiction, Anam, and the murky boundaries around truth, genre, memory, uncertainty, responsibility, failure, and freedom in fiction writing.

Dive deep into autofiction and the craft of fiction writing in this discussion between Miles and André, which will address the following questions:

Are there expectations engendered by certain forms of fiction?
What is it that you are doing when you write fiction?
And what is it we expect when we read it?
Where does fiction draw its power from – as opposed to non-fiction?
What is ‘authenticity’ or ‘truth’ in fiction? How do you identify it?
Why write a novel and not a memoir?
How do you use memory when you write and how do you know when to invent?
What is the relationship between facts and the imagination in both forms?

If you’re a fiction writer, don’t miss this in-depth exploration of the craft of fiction writing.

There will be time for questions.

Recording

A private link of the session recording will be provided to enrolled participants only and available for a limited period of 10 days. Once the viewing period has expired the recording will no longer be available to view.

Handouts and slides will be provided to all registered participants if used in the session.

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