LILRC Webinar: Writing Trauma – Caring For Yourself and Your Reader
December 5 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
In this webinar, author K.J. Aiello (The Monster and the Mirror, ECW Press, Fall 2024) discusses the challenges, barriers, and strategies of safely writing trauma. Topics covered will include self-assessments, use of metaphor, caring for yourself and your readers, and how to write about difficult people.
K.J. Aiello is a mentally ill, award-winning writer based in Toronto, ON. Their work has appeared in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Life, Chatelaine, The Walrus, and This Magazine. They are still waiting for their very own dragon. Sadly, this has not happened, so their cats will have to suffice.