Writing non-fiction: telling true tales

Weekly sessions (Thursdays, 2.00pm - 4.00pm)

• 4 February: Whose story is it anyway?
• 11 February: Description
• 18 February: Knowing your cast
• 25 February: Creating a sense of place
• 3 March: Mind the gap

About the tutor

Midge Gillies is a freelance journalist and the author of seven non-fiction books, including biographies of Amy Johnson and Marie Lloyd. In her most recent book, The Barbed-Wire University (Aurum Press, 2011) she explores what it was really like to be an Allied Prisoner of War in the Second World War. She is co-author, with Sally Cline, of The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction which will be published by Bloomsbury in 2012. She studied history at Girton College and has written for a range of national, international and regional newspapers and magazines. She has recently been appointed RLF Fellow at Magdalene College.

Online support

This course will be supported by our virtual learning environment (VLE). You will be able to download course material, contact your tutor and talk to fellow students via the web at a time and place that’s convenient to you. To gain access to the VLE you will need to provide a valid email address when registering for the course.