A Huddersfield Literature Festival creative writing workshop, limited to 9 participants, book early.
Sign up for the opportunity to take part in a small-group fiction workshop taught by award-winning novelist and creative writing tutor Okechukwu Nzelu.
Pace is one of the most important aspects of a novel. Plot-led novels depend on it particularly, but even those writing character-led novels need to use pace deliberately and thoughtfully. But how do we do that?
Through readings, discussions and exercises, this workshop will explore the importance of pace and how it can be used to the best advantage in prose fiction.
About the author and workshop tutor
Dr Okechukwu Nzelu FRSL is a novelist, freelance writer and teacher based in Manchester. In 2015 he won a Northern Writers’ Award from New Writing North. His debut novel, The Private Joys of Nnenna Maloney (Dialogue Books, 2019), won a Betty Trask Award; it was also shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize and the Polari First Book Prize, and longlisted for the Portico Prize. In 2021, it was selected for the Kingston University Big Read and distributed to all staff and students at three universities.
His second novel, Here Again Now (Dialogue Books, 2022) was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature Encore Award, the Polari Prize, the Jhalak Prize and the Diverse Book Awards. In 2024 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
In 2025 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Kingston University, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to literature and reading pleasure. He has made several appearances on national radio, and is a regular contributor to Kinfolk magazine. He is a non-executive director of ALCS and CLA, and Lecturer in Creative Writing at Lancaster University.
Essential information
Saturday 24 October
2pm-4pm
£3
Age guidance: 16+