I am an incurable memoir addict. I love reading it, teaching it, and writing it. Here you will find stories from a life, but you will also learn how to write it, and how memoir can be transformative beyond the page.
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Memoir WIP Surgery: This coming Thursday
Do you write memoir? And join a community of likeminded people? Bring along a question on Thursday 8th October... There is also a chance to book a ticket for my event with Blake Morrison in London
I will be running my next Memoir WIP Surge...
Autumn courses and masterclasses
I will be facilitating a couple of really exciting masterclasses this autumn, and I’d love it if you would come along. We have some old favourites teaching, the brilliant on Attention Practices, and will be teaching a series of three mast...
Live Substack catch up: memoir and the importance of attention
Thank you , , , , , and many others for tuning into my live video with ! Join me for my next live video in the app.
Apologies for the bad quality of wifi!
So much interesting discussion here, between two writers and teachers who have lea...
Into Being paperback launch: a live chat about personal narrative and the philosophy of attention
I can’t believe it’s been a year since Into Being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform was published, and tomorrow is paperback launch day! To celebrate I am joined by the brilliant whose book, Radical Attention has just...
Top tips from Arvon, and a few exciting courses to tell you about
On return from teaching a memoir course for Arvon, here are a few things I have learned... and some Autumn masterclasses you might want to take part in
Last week I immersed myself in the world of Arvon, at Totleigh Barton, Devon. A beautif...
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I am a writer and I write memoir. My memoir was one of Guardian and Spectator best nonfiction books, 2022, and it’s called Sins Of My Father. My latest book is INTO BEING: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform
The friendliest creative writing courses. Where writers teach writers. Come and join us for some creative writing experiments. Run by Dr Lily Dunn and Zoe Gilbert.
Professor of New Writing at Birkbeck. Author of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Between the Lines: Life Lessons from the Writing Workshop is forthcoming with S&S May '26. Represented by Rebecca Carter Literary.
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