What does memoir really ask of us? How can writing our lives become a source of clarity, confidence and power rather than exposure or fear? Join us for an intimate in-person workshop, hosted by How You Find Your Voice in collaboration with award-winning memoirist and teacher, Lily Dunn. Drawing on the structure and ideas from her acclaimed book, Into Being, this small group session will 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. This workshop is designed as a relaxed, thoughtful introduction, with space for discussion, reflection and gentle writing prompts. It may form the introduction to a longer six month memoir course, following the Into Being framework. Places are limited to keep the groups small and focused. About Lily Dunn Lily Dunn is a writer of both fiction and non-fiction, an editor and a lecturer at Bath Spa University. Her memoir, Sins of my Father: A Daughter, a Cult, a Wild Unravelling was one of The Guardian and The Spectator best nonfiction books of the year, 2022. Her latest book, Into Being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform is an essential guide to writing memoir as a radical and empowering practice. Lily co-founded the London Lit Lab, where she teaches creative writing. Her specialisms include memoir, personal essays and narrative nonfiction. “Lily Dunn is one of our best teachers and theorists of autobiographical writing’ Amy Liptrot, The Outrun Details Date: 23rd February Time: 6.30-8.30 pm Location: The Square Club Price: £40 (General), £30 (Early bird), £20 (concession) About How You Find Your Voice How You Find Your Voice is a cultural project exploring how people, (especially women) find or reclaim their voices personally, creatively and collectively. Through a podcast, workshops, salons and live events, it creates spaces for bold conversations, storytelling and connection.

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