The Art of the Memoir Workshop & Events
To mark the 30th anniversary of Nuala O’Faolain’s memoir Are You Somebody?, publishers New Island
Writing Memoir
On Collaboration by Julie Summers and Jochen Hemmleb
Julie Summers and Jochen Hemmleb, authors of The Everest Mystery, on how working together on
Putting Your Life on the Page by Susan Bennett
Putting Your Life on the Page I’ve always been a very private person, keeping myself
How to Write a Memoir by Nadia Kamies
How to writer a memoir, asks Nadia Kamies, author of Off-Centre and Out of Focus:
Scenes and Exposition: the Core of Writing by David McLoghlin
Key Scenes When I teach memoir and personal essay, I start by asking my students
The Challenge of Writing Creative Non-Fiction by John Goodall
John Goodall on the problems and challenges of writing the creative non-fiction romantic memoir, The
Fictionalising Memoir: Shadows of Tehran by Nick Berg
When Fiction Reveals the Deepest Truths: Nick Berg on why he ‘didn’t write Shadows of
Writing Difficult Family History: Ciao, Amore, Ciao by Sandro Martini
I don’t remember much about writing the first draft of Ciao, Amore, Ciao, a novel
Memoir: The Personal and the Political by Carmel Mc Mahon
‘Memoir is the story that an individual chooses to form out of the raw material
Seven Challenges in Writing a Memoir by David Wilson
When I started writing my memoir, The Electrician’s Children, in 2020 I didn’t know what
Writing for Therapy by Jonny McCambridge
In a complicated world, there are few things as complex, as saturated with hidden mysteries,
Switching from Fiction to Memoir by Tara West
Living to tell the tale: a fiction writer’s adventures in memoir I was standing in
Writing Biography (Part 2) by Nicholas Perry
This is the second part of an article on Writing Biography from Nicholas Perry, the
Writing Biography (Part 1) by Nicholas Perry
Oliver Nugent was a British general, from a landed family long-established in south Cavan. He
Useful Tips for Writing a Memoir by Lucia Gannon
Once I decided to write a memoir, I undertook to read as many of the
Writing Memoir: Making it Real by Eve Makis and Anthony Cropper
Given the remarkable interest from Writing.ie readers in the writing of memoir, we decided to
Writing Memoir: Structure by Eve Makis and Anthony Cropper
Given the remarkable interest from Writing.ie readers in the writing of memoir, we decided to
Writing Memoir: Starting Off by Eve Makis and Anthony Cropper
Given the remarkable interest from Writing.ie readers in the writing of memoir, we decided to
Writing Memoir: Telling stories that aren’t yours by Kate Gunn
I started blogging over eight years ago. I shared stories about my life, my children
Genre: Misery Lit, Anyone? (Part 2) by Shane Dunphy
A further thing that gets brought up regularly when discussing misery lit is the issue
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