Writing as Digging: Uncover what lies hidden, waiting to be told

Writing isn’t just about telling stories—it’s about excavation: getting below the surface of language, of memory, of what we think we already know. This is how I approached the writing of Feral, my first novel, where a group of friends try to understand who murdered their best friend, a young archeologist and where underground feral archivists dig up the past to create the future. When I sit down to write, sometimes it feel like I’m uncovering something. Something buried under layers of forgetting or deliberately hidden, or maybe just something that's been waiting for the right tool to bring it up into the light. Digging, like writing, isn't always clean or linear. But that’s part of the work. Digging asks us to go slow. To listen. To be uncomfortable. And also to be astonished by what we find.

In this 2-hour workshop, we will approach writing as digging or excavation. Bring a pencil and some paper and be ready to get your hands dirty with words, images, and your imagination!