An intense eight week course for adventurous writers who don’t fit the conventional billing and don’t want to. The course will include discussion on seminal experimental fiction texts, as well as weekly writing experiments. It will culminate in a public reading/presentation of the students’ work. Taught by Dave Lordan, author of First Book of Frags and editor of the New Planet Cabaret Anthology. 

Topics include: How to be unique in fiction; collage writing; auto-fiction; transfiction and mixed media narrative; sound and meaning; the counter-realist short story;  the surrealists and the beats; experimental novella; experimental Laughter; Oulipo and constrained writing techniques; sex as divine scripture; contemporary dystopias, sci-Fi Experiment, black magic realism, conspiracies, and the thriving experimental fiction scene in Ireland today.

"I've attended Dave Lordan's course in experimental fiction for the last two seasons and cannot recommend it highly enough. From the quality of the instruction, the calibre of the participants and the intoxicating material, I've been inspired and entertained in equal measure."
—Charlene Putney

"Thanks to a creative writing course with Dave Lordan, I am now a published writer! Before doing Dave's course, I'd been writing for a long time but I'd never had much confidence in my work. Dave's course provided inspiration and encouragement in a relaxed, supportive and fun environment. I've now had three stories accepted for publication, I've been shortlisted for an international literary prize and I've performed my work at two very successful public readings in Dublin. I'd recommend a writing course with Dave to anyone; it's honestly the best thing I've ever done."
—Roisin O Donnell