The group consultation will provide guided questions on incorporating narrative into academic writing, as well as some best practice for academic writing more broadly. Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions, share their experiences, and discuss strategies for effective scholarly communication.
Date & Time 28 August 2024 (Wednesday) 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm (HKT)
Format Online via Zoom
Target audience CUHK Academic staff
Speaker
Dr Sanjida O’Connell, Royal Literary Fund Consultant Fellow, UK
Dr Sanjida O’Connell is an award-winning writer and broadcaster. She studied zoology at the University of Bristol before completing a PhD at University College London. She’s written scientific papers, numerous feature articles for national newspapers and magazines, scripts for TV documentaries, contributed to encyclopaedias and had columns in The Times, The Independent and BBC Wildlife magazine.
Sanjida had twelve books published, including four works of non-fiction, four works of literary fiction and four thrillers. She has been shortlisted for the BBC Asia Awards, the Betty Trask Award for Romantic Fiction, the Daily Telegraph Science Writer's Award, Asian Woman of the Year, highly commended for BBC Wildlife Magazine's Award for Nature Writing, long listed for the CWA Steel Dagger Award and had her first thriller nominated as one of the best crime and thriller books of 2016 by the Guardian and the Sunday Express. Sanjida was a wildlife presenter for the BBC and now writes full time, as well as running writing workshops for universities and teaching and mentoring creative writing.
Enquiry
For any queries, please contact Ms Vienne LIN at viennelin@cuhk.edu.hk.
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