Silvia Park teaches fiction writing at the University of Kansas and is the author of Luminous, a speculative novel set in a nearfuture reunified Korea where robots have integrated seamlessly into society.

In this workshop you will explore how the power of the speculative genre lies in the way it can render the familiar unfamiliar and the unfamiliar familiar.

Utilising readings from the likes of Octavia Butler, Ted Chiang and Lesley Nneka Arimah and writing exercises, it will examine patterns over rules, and how perspective, history, analogy and texture infuse a world with not just vitality but room to breathe.