Creative Writing workshop with Elizabeth Kostova - Walk and Writing

Each session includes a free follow up session based within the Birnam Arts Centre one week later, details TBC.

Elizabeth Kostova is the author of three novels--The Historian, The Swan Thieves, and The Shadow Land--all of which involve the subject of historical research. Her work has been translated into 40 languages, and The Historian received Quill and American Bookseller Awards. It was also the first novel in American publishing history to debut at #1 on the NYT bestseller list. Her fourth novel, Mystery Play, will be published in October 2026. She reads, teaches, and lectures internationally and is co-founder of the Elizabeth Kostova Foundation for Creative Writing (www.ekf.bg). She lives in Asheville, NC--Dunkeld and Birnam’s Sister City in the U.S.--where she contributes to post-hurricane relief and serves on the board of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Association.

Thank you to the Dunkeld and Birnam Friends of Asheville for their support during Elizabeth's stay and to the Asheville Sister Cities for Funding the writer in residence post which Elizabeth is filling (the very first of its kind to take place in the area).