Have you always wanted to write your life stories? Come along to this fun and informative course which will help you start, continue, or finish writing your life story, memoir or biography. The course welcomes both novices and seasoned writers.

Workshop runs on the following dates from 10am to 12pm:

• Feb 13
• Mar 12
• Apr 9
• May 14
• Jun 11
• Jul 9
• Aug 13
• Sep 10
• Oct 15
• Nov 12
• Dec 10

Across 11 monthly workshops, from February to December 2024, participants will:

• Learn all aspects of life story telling, including accessing research resources, writing techniques, interviewing, audio recording, structuring a book-length piece of work, editing, and use of technology to make their project easier.
• The primary aim of the course is to make writing life stories easy and enjoyable, focussing on clear, logical, simple methods. Felicity will share short-cuts and insider tips and tricks learnt across many years of writing.
• Lessons, worksheets and support material will allow participants to re-use their learned techniques again on projects after the course is completed.
• A strong emphasis will be on facilitating the completion of individual life stories, memoir or biographies.
• Guest speakers include authorities from local historical societies, local studies section of the libraries, and local Aboriginal authorities.
• Participants will have the opportunity to have a chapter of their story published in an Anthology with their fellow course writers. The Anthology will be a hard cover, full colour book, which will be donated to each Northern Beaches library and available for purchase separately. (Publishing your individual story can also be done but is separate to the course inclusions).

Felicity Lenehan, the course facilitator, is a biographer and board member of the Life Stories Australia Association with over 35 years’ experience as a journalist, author and writing mentor.