In this seminar, she will share with you the techniques for mapping out and planning your book; different ways to approach writing it; what to do when the words dry up; writing a synopsis and choosing a title; and finally a discussion around routes to publishing.

Join us for the public talk by Elif Batuman, American author, journalist and academic. Elif Batuman has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 2010. From 2010 to 2013 she lived in Istanbul, Turkey, where she was a writer-in-residence at Koç University.

In this session, we’ll introduce simple and creative activities to get students practicing their writing.