UK author Richard Beard is back at Bangla Academy for his second DLF. The novelist and teacher previously attended the 2016 Dhaka Lit Fest, and conducted an editing workshop for local writers.
This time around, he is talking about his latest novel, The Day that went Missing, a memoir about the death of his brother, and his attempts to reconstruct the events of the day the tragedy occurred. Pru Rowlandson, publicity director for Granta publications moderated the panel by the same name.
« When you’re writing non fiction, you still have to treat the people in the story as characters » - Richard Beard#DhakaLitFest2018 #DLF2018
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Beard read a few extracts from the novel to set the context for the panel. The moderator quizzed him about Nicky Beard, the brother resurrected and immortalized in Beard’s novel, and the author shared his candid experiences about the tragedy, as well as about the process of writing the book. One of the themes he elaborated on was that of repression and its psychological effects.
« Repression is such a disruptive way to live » Richard Beard#DhakaLitFest2018 #DLF2018 pic.twitter.com/fvU6CPgxj8
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The panel ended with an interactive Q/A session with the audience. It was also announced during the panel, that Granta is accepting is currently accepting free subscriptions on their website. Richard Beard will be conducting another editing workshop this year, on the final day of the Dhaka Lit Fest.
