with author Rachel Cusk
Teaching & Mentoring
Having written six books – a narrative poem, a libretto a memoir, a collection of short stories and three novels – Alba has had experience in all genres and has helped edit numerous books throughout the years. She is available for one-to-one help with authors at every stage of their writing, be it a novel, a memoir, biography or auto fiction. Sessions involve key areas for development in a manuscript including in-depth structural editing, how to fine-tune your voice, drafting and rewriting, advice about agents and publishers and how to master your skills. She also teaches creative writing classes in Greece https://www.kardamyliwritingretreat.com/ as well as in Paris, more information on the latter to follow. She has worked with debut and established writers and journalists, and her mentoring is tailored to the requirements of each individual. For more information please get in touch via the contact page.
28 January 2020
Guardian masterclass: how to write a collection of stories – a six-week creative writing programme
The Guardian, 90 York Way - 18:30-21:30
09 June 2019
Guardian masterclass: how to write a short story in a day
The Guardian, King's Place - 2:03 pm
28 January 2019
Guardian masterclass: how to write a collection of short stories. A six week creative writing programme
The Guardian, Kings Place - 2:03 pm
01 December 2018
Guardian masterclass: how to write a short story in a day
The Guardian, King's Place - 2:03 pm
Guardian masterclass
22 July 2018
How to polish and promote your novel
The Chocolate Factory N22 - 2:45 pm
30 June 2018
Guardian masterclass: how to write a short story in a day
10:00-4:00pm
Guardian masterclass
08 September 2017
Portmeirion Festival number 6
Portmeirion, Wales
How to write a short story
13 March - 17 April 2018
Guardian Masterclasses: How to write a collection of short stories: A six-week creative writing programme
The Guardian, London N1 - Evening course, 6.30pm-9pm
Over six consecutive weeks, this course will give you the creative inspiration and technical skills to start working on a short story collection
20 September - 25 October 2017
Guardian Masterclasses: How to write a collection of short stories: A six-week creative writing programme
The Guardian, London N1 - Evening course, 6.30pm-9pm
Over six consecutive weeks, this course will give you the creative inspiration and technical skills to start working on a short story collection
June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 4, 11 2017
Workshop: Portraits in painting
Haringey Literature Live, Chocolate Factory 1, London N22 - 10.30am-1pm
In portraiture, the artist paints what s/he observes, and the writer writes what s/he observes and imagines. That attempt to freeze time is what enables us to lose ourselves, even briefly, in another life – as readers, and as writers.
4 April - 25 April 2017 (4 sessions)
Masterclass: Displacement in fiction and non fiction
Columbia University School of the Arts, NY - Tue, 6:20pm-8:20pm
In this four-week class we will be looking at nonfiction and fiction narrative and studying the conflict between belonging and displacement, identity and loss.