Overview
A chance to study memoir in person with one of the UK’s leading teachers of autobiographical writing.
Join How You Find Your Voice for an intimate, in-person five-part Sunday morning course on memoir, led by award-winning writer and teacher Lily Dunn, author of Into Being.
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This is not just a writing course, it’s a space to take your voice seriously and permission to tell your story.
Across five weeks, we’ll explore what memoir is (and what it isn't), as well as ideas around voice, perspective, form and permission. We'll examine how personal experience becomes meaningful story, and why writing the self can be a radical and empowering act.
Together, we’ll look at how memoir can elevate the personal into something universal, how to write honestly and how the act of shaping experience on the page can lead to real transformation.
Expect thoughtful conversation, practical prompts, and a small group of people willing to explore their stories and the craft of memoir.
Lily Dunn’s book, Into Being, will provide the framework
Dates and Details
📍 The Square Club, Bristol
🗓 Sundays, 10am to 12pm
31st May
7th June
14th June
21st June
28th June
Morning sessions, coffee, comfy seats, a clear head.
All sessions will be recorded and shared with participants. If you’re not based in Bristol or can’t attend in person, a recordings-only option is also available for £80.
Why this course?
Memoir asks a lot of us. It asks us to remember, to shape, to decide what matters, and to find language for things that can be hard to say.
This course gives you a structure to do that, drawing on Lily Dunn’s acclaimed book Into Being, which is all about the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform.
Together, we’ll explore:
Voice, authority and perspective
How memory and imagination work together
Writing with emotional honesty without overwhelm
The ethics of telling your story
How to shape experience into something that is both personal and universal
Whether you’re starting something new, have the kernel of an idea, or are returning to writing after a gap, this is a place to begin.