Life Stories Workshop

06/09/2026

Writing is always on my mind - after a wonderful group of writers in the Faber Memoir workshop last week in London, a visit to the floating bookshop on Regents Canal.

06/08/2026

London - writing memoir course at the Faber Academy - 5 mornings, starting soon, 24th August - for everyone who wants to write their own story in a creative and encouraging atmosphere. We will share skills in a warm, exciting class - beginners welcome.

Online writing courses in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Start your story at Faber, the UK’s leading independent publisher – wherever you are in the world.

28/07/2026

Anyone with a fresh and original story for this writing comp from Fractured Lit:

We’re once again asking you to send us stories that play with setting, that reimagine our world, or take us into places we’ve never been! Play with the edge of genre, but make sure your character is still the star of your story.

22/07/2026

It's rewarding to get an email from a former student about their book being published: ' Thank you. I’m so proud to be on your website. The minute I first saw you with that suitcase of books at the Lavender Bay course, I thought to myself – my book will be in there one day. And now it is!' Lorena Otes. (I always bring a suitcase of my published students to any new workshop).

20/07/2026

Memoir writing in London at the Faber Academy, starting 24th August - learn how to write your story in a creative and encouraging atmosphere .

Online writing courses in fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Start your story at Faber, the UK’s leading independent publisher – wherever you are in the world.

13/07/2026

Writing in Paris ? It was a dream for me that I finally fulfilled - several books later I can say it was totally worth the effort of getting there. I decided to make that dream achievable for others and started offering the memoir writing workshop in Paris in 2005. Ever since ( except during Covid) the dream has come true every year. You don’t have to be an experienced writer, you just need a love of writing - and a desire to come, or come back - to Paris. This year, the classes are in Sept, so you will need to enrol now.

Immerse yourself in the ideas, techniques and craft of memoir writing on a ten-day retreat in Paris, with acclaimed life-writing mentor Patti Miller. Hosted by Better Read Tours.

11/07/2026

Paris and writing is on my mind - in September this year - still time to enrol!
Translation: All of us exist, some of us live.
https://www.betterreadtours.com/memoirwriting

07/07/2026

A wonderful opportunity to combine writing and your love of nature:

The 2026 Nature Writing Prize is now open. Submit an essay of 3000-5000 to the theme of 'Writing of Place. The winning essay will receive is AUD$8000 and will be published in the December 2026 issue of the Australia Book Review.

20/06/2026

Memoir prize - send in your story:

We all have a story to tell about ourselves, the good, the bad and the how did I end up there? Celebrate a snapshot of your life, a fragment in time or rear view mirror look at what was and now is.