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.

22 July 2018

How to polish and promote your novel

The Chocolate Factory N22 - 2:45 pm

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.