Mslexia Memoir School
Join us 31 March - 4 April.
Motivational workshops. Drop-in counselling. Informal socials.
Join a group of lively and supportive writers for five days of workshops, feedback, and support in the comfort of your own home.
Mslexia Memoir School is an online course for writers embarking on a memoir, or rethinking a memoir-in-progress. Four leading tutors will each focus on a single aspect of the memoir writing craft, creating a varied week of high-quality workshops.
For the Mslexia Memoir School, our four core craft tutors are:
- Claire Hynes on setting and context
- Hannah Lowe on theme and mission
- Jane Rogers on structure and chronology
- Margaret Wilkinson on dramatising your story
You can also expect:
- small-group teaching
- experienced tutors
- psychological support
- motivational coaching
- networking socials
Because this is Mslexia, we know how important it is to nurture the whole writer. So as well as top-flight tuition, we’re also including motivation and goal-setting workshops led by experienced writing coach Bec Evans.
There will be drop-in surgeries with counsellor Sue Spencer for anyone who needs support, and informal socials led by our MC Rosie Garland - facilitator extraordinaire – who will help you get to know your fellow writers on the course.
Individual attention is all-important, so our memoir workshop groups are limited to around 12 people – which means your tutors will have time to get to know you and your writing.
The core teaching takes place via Zoom from 10am-4pm, but groups will come together for the coaching workshops and socials – to form a community of likeminded writers who will become your friends for life.
To finish the week in style, we have specialist literary agent Juliet Pickering to offer advice on your next steps.
Whether you experience a breakthrough with your work-in-progress, dissolve the roadblocks on your creative journey, or meet writers who will become part of your life when the course is over, this promises to be a game-changing week for your writing.
But don’t take our word for it. Here’s what participants said about our previous course.
‘This week has been so worthwhile - simply life changing for me in terms of my writing’
‘I have walked away feeling reinvigorated with a real sense of direction’
‘I found the week transformative’
Are you ready to write your memoir?
We have two full bursaries for low income women writers available for Mslexia Memoir School. Please submit a completed application form, which can be downloaded here.
