Workshop | Research for Fiction Writing: Integrating Journalism Techniques Info Fiction Writing
09 am – 12 pm, Sat 10 May 2025
Goethe-Institut Hanoi
58 Nguyễn Thái Học, Ba Đình, Hà Nội
From the organizer:
How to turn everyday observations or in-depth research into valuable material for your novel?
Drawing from her extensive journalism experience—including years of producing investigative features for major German newspapers—as well as her insights from novel writing, award-winning author Khue Pham will guide participants through various methods, such as conducting interviews, researching historical contexts, and drawing inspiration from everyday life. Attendees will learn how to gather and refine details to enhance authenticity, craft multidimensional characters with psychological depth, and create natural, vivid dialogue using journalistic techniques. This workshop is particularly suited for emerging writers looking to elevate their fiction with depth, realism, and the inspiration that journalistic approaches can offer.
Application Requirements:
Submit a 1,000-word writing sample (in WORD format) and a short bio (max. 100 words) between April 18 and April 26, 2025, via email: [email protected] with subject line: “Registration for Khue Pham’s Workshop”
Selection Results Announcement: April 29, 2025.
Workshop instructor
Khuê Phạm (she/her) is an award-winning Vietnamese-German journalist and writer. A graduate of the London School of Economics, she worked as a producer for NPR’s Berlin bureau before becoming an editor at the weekly Die Zeit. She also contributed op-eds to the Guardian and USA Today. In 2012, she co-wrote “We new Germans”, a non-fiction book about second-generation immigrants in Germany. Her debut novel “Brothers and Ghosts” was published in English translation in Australia, Britain and the US. She is also a performer in “Kim”, the stage adaptation of her novel, which has been touring in Germany and Taiwan. Khuê is currently writing her second novel and has recently received a grant by the German Literary Foundation to support her work. A founding member of the PEN Berlin writer`s association, she is a also a juror for the International Literature Prize, an award for global literature translated into German.
