Speculative Fiction With Rosemary Jenkinson

Speculative fiction allows us to imagine how the world will be in the future, using a combination of fantasy and educated guesses to build a dystopia or utopia. What can this form of writing reveal about our world today?

Join us for an engaging, thought-provoking workshop led by Belfast writer and playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, whose debut dystopian novel, The Memorisers (Arlen House, 2025), is a blistering portrayal of World War III.

Through guided writing exercises, you’ll generate ideas for believable worlds that reflect on modern day society.

Rosemary Jenkinson is a Belfast playwright, short story writer and novelist. Her debut dystopian novel, The Memorisers, was published by Arlen House in 2025. She has seven short story collections, including Love in the Time of Chaos (Edge Hill Prize shortlist) and her latest, Laganside Lights. Despite swearing to never write poetry, her debut poetry collection, Sandy Row Riots, was published by Arlen House in 2024. The Irish Times has praised her fiction for ‘an elegant wit, terrific characterisation and an absolute sense of her own particular Belfast’. She is an Arts Council Major Artist and Royal Literary Fund fellow at Queen’s University.