Strengthen Your Narrative Drive with Ashley Kalagian Blunt
Learn a set of surprisingly practical tools and techniques to help you craft both gripping scenes and a compelling story arc with bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt.
Date: Saturday 31 October 2026.
Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Delivery: In-Person
Fees: $225 full-price or $185 concession
Location: Varuna’s Reading Room, Katoomba
This event is part of the 2026 Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival, hosted by Varuna.
ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
Join bestselling author Ashley Kalagian Blunt to learn a set of surprisingly practical tools and techniques to help you craft both gripping scenes and a compelling story arc. No matter what genre you're writing, whether fiction or memoir, every manuscript can benefit from stronger narrative drive. This is what keeps readers turning pages, and what makes them need to know how your story turns out.
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Ashley Kalagian Blunt is the number one bestselling author of Dark Mode, a psychological thriller published in multiple territories and languages, and shortlisted for the ABIA General Fiction Book of the Year, the Ned Kelly Awards for Best Crime Fiction, and the Danger Award for Debut Fiction. Her earlier books are How to Be Australian, a memoir, and My Name Is Revenge, collected fiction and essays. She co-hosts James and Ashley Stay at Home, a podcast about creativity, writing and health, and teaches writing workshops across Australia. Originally from Winnipeg, Canada, she lived and worked in South Korea, Peru and Mexico before moving to Gadigal land. Her latest thrillers are Cold Truth, which was also shortlisted for the Ned Kelly Awards, and Like, Follow, Die.