A KSP Workshop: Memoir & Ethics - Writing Truth with Care

Memoir is a powerful genre, it can illuminate hidden truths, challenge dominant narratives, and offer profound personal insight. But writing about real lives, including your own, raises important ethical questions. How do we balance honesty with respect? What happens when your truth may cause harm? Where is the line between storytelling and betrayal?

In this thought-provoking workshop, acclaimed memoirist Yves Rees will guide you through the ethical complexities of life writing. You will explore key questions around consent, responsibility, truthfulness, and the consequences of sharing personal or sensitive stories - both for yourself and the people in your life.

Through discussion, case studies, and writing exercises, you will begin to develop your own ethical framework for memoir. Whether you're just starting out or deep into a draft, this session will give you the tools to navigate the grey areas of truth-telling with greater confidence, clarity, and care.

Yves Rees is the author of All About Yves: Notes from a Transition (Allen & Unwin, 2021), an award-winning memoir that explores gender, identity, and the politics of personal storytelling. They have previously delivered this popular workshop at Writers SA and the Byron Writers’ Festival.

Ideal for writers of all levels working on memoir, personal essays, or autobiographical fiction.

This workshop is proudly hosted by the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre and supported by the Shire of Mundaring.