Faber & Faber

The Faber Academy in association with Charleston Festival at Tilton House, 
East Sussex.

Friday 21 to Sunday 23rd May 2010

Tilton House
Firle
East Sussex BN8 6LL

Course cost: £400 (price inclusive of VAT)

What are the boundaries between fiction and non fiction?
How does a modern novelist build a story and make it live?
How do they marry the language of personal experience to historical fact?

Set over three days, in the beautiful surroundings of Tilton House, the Faber Academy brings together Andrew O’Hagan, Anne Enright and John Lanchester, each of whose work has, at various times, dealt in the relationship between real and fictional worlds. This will be a practical and lively course, a rare opportunity to join three of fiction's best known practitioners as they go back to basics and offer insight into the art of the novel, its sources and materials. This course is run in association with Charleston Festival.

The course includes:

•    3 days' intensive tuition by Andrew O’Hagan and Anne Enright with guest tutorship from John Lanchester.
•    A complimentary ticket to a Charleston event of your choice on both Friday and Saturday evening.
•    A complimentary Moleskine® Notebook
•    A daily artisan lunch
•    Regular coffee breaks
•    A handy course pack including hotel and restaurant recommendations
•    A special discount off Faber books purchased at faber.co.uk

About the Tutors
 
Andrew O’Hagan was born in Glasgow in 1968. Our Fathers, his debut novel, was shortlisted for the 1999 Booker Prize. His second novel, Personality, won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction in 2003, and in that same year Granta named him one of the 'Best of Young British Novelists'. His new novel The Life and Opinions of Maf the Dog and of his friend Marilyn Monroe is published in May 2010. He lives in London.

Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published one collection of stories, The Portable Virgin, which won the Rooney Prize, and three novels, The Wig My Father Wore, What Are You Like? – shortlisted for the Whitbread Novel Award and winner of the Encore Award – and The Pleasure of Eliza Lynch. Her first work of non-fiction, Making Babies: Stumbling into Motherhood, was published in 2004. Her most recent novel The Gathering won the 2007 Man Booker Prize.

John Lanchester was born in Hamburg in 1962. He was brought up in the Far East and educated in England. His three novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips and Fragrant Harbour, have been translated into more than twenty languages. His latest work of non fiction is Whoops ! Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay. He is married and lives in London.

About Faber

Faber and Faber is the last of the great independent publishing houses in London. We were established in 1929 by Geoffrey Faber and our first editor was T. S. Eliot. Among our list of authors we are proud to publish five Booker Prize winners and eleven Nobel Laureates. We are particularly well-known for our unrivalled list of modern poets and playwrights, as well as for publishing writers of prize-winning fiction and general non-fiction. More (link to www.faber.co.uk)

About Tilton House

Nestled underneath the South Downs and edged by woodland with far reaching views across the Sussex Weald, Tilton House sits impressively in the natural landscape. The Georgian country house was once home to economist John Maynard Keynes and ballerina Lydia Lopokova as their retreat for contemplation and calm. Charleston Farmhouse, home to the Bloomsbury set, shares the same private road, which winds into a network of footpaths that is The South Downs Way. Walk up onto the downs and find expansive views over the English Channel, stirring to the soul on any day.

For more information on Charleston Festival go to charleston.org.uk

To make a booking:

Contact Patrick on patrickk@faber.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 465 7682
Or Becky on beckyf@faber.co.uk or +44 (0) 207 927 3908

Alternatively, write to Patrick Keogh, Faber and Faber, 3 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AU

There are 30 places available on this course. Book soon to avoid disappointment.