This workshop on finding your academic voice is structured around three central questions: 

• How can you signal your presence in your writing?  

• How can you connect with your readers?  

• What is your writing really trying to say?  

Reading as a writer is foundational when addressing these questions, and this workshop will demonstrate what this involves. We will also address techniques for research-based storytelling, communicating abstract concepts and paraphrasing – essential skills for literature reviews, thesis writing, and grant applications. The workshop will consider the importance of beginnings for capturing a reader’s attention and examine how drawing on non-academic writing styles can enrich our academic writing. By the end the workshop, you should feel motivated to write in a voice that is clear and engaging, confident in your ability to connect with your readership, whoever they may be.  

By the end of the workshop participants will have: 

• considered how to read as a writer  

• reflected on choices about language and style in academic writing 

• thought about how to write with an audience in mind 

• revisited paraphrasing skills