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Anne Connor - Memoir Writing

Writers Workshop

Learn how to transform personal memories into meaningful memoir. Anne Connor explores storytelling, research, ethics, and finding the lens through which to tell your story.

Unlock your story with award-winning memoirist Anne Connor.  In this workshop, Anne will guide you in transforming personal memories into compelling narratives, exploring the power of storytelling, the complexities of secrets, and the redemptive act of putting lived experience on the page.

Discover the difference between memoir and autobiography, and learn how to identify the unique lens through which your story can be told. Anne will also explore the ethics of memoir writing and the question of who owns a story, discuss the role of research in shaping personal narratives, and help participants uncover the deeper themes at the heart of their writing by asking: What are you really writing about?

About the presenter:

Anne Connor is a writer of long- and short-form fiction and non-fiction. Her memoir Two Generations received positive reviews in The Saturday Age, the Sydney Morning Herald and The Australian. It was short-listed for the Australian War Memorial Les Carlyon Literary Prize.  She studied creative writing at Deakin University, Melbourne, the University of Oxford, UK and with Irish writer Claire Keegan.  She facilitates workshops, moderates panels at writers’ festivals, and supports writers with their publicity.

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$40 or $20 for concession/students

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