The collision of fantasy and literary fiction has been a hot button topic in criticism of late. Many contemporary critics seem intent on policing the boundaries between the genres, or with drawing up a hierarchy whose unassailed pole position is occupied by realist literary fiction. However, as Neil Gaiman argues: ‘I think the rules are crumbling and I think the barriers are breaking.… sometimes, if you’re actually going to write realistic fiction, you’re going to have to include fantasy.’ To engage as a writer with the diverse range of contemporary human belief and experience, Gaiman contends, it’s quite possible you’ll need to write ‘in terms of something that would be recognisable as either magical realism or, possibly, fantasy.’

Date: Thursday 3 December and Saturday 5 December
Location: Ynd workshop, level 1, 15-17 Marion Square, Wellington City
Times: 6-9 pm on Thursday; 10-4 on Saturday
Contact: kirsten@kahini.org
3rd and 5th December 2015 in Wellington: Colliding Worlds – A creative writing workshop on the intersections between fantasy and literary fiction with Anna Small. Find out more: http://kahini.org/colliding-worlds/