Writing from life: memoir writing workshop with Deborah Shepard

Have a story you’d like to share? Join this introductory workshop facilitated by biographer Deborah Shepard, author of “Giving yourself to life: a journal of pain, hope and renewal (2015)”. Everybody has the skills to write their life story, this one-hour workshop will help give you tools to start that journey and share your own unique perspective.

Everyone is welcome, bring yourself, maybe a friend, and a pen. No writing experience needed.

About the author:

Deborah Shepard is an Auckland biographer, life writing mentor and teacher of memoir with a PhD in Film Studies. She began her career as a film and art historian. Her previous three books: Reframing Women: A History of New Zealand film (Harper Collins 2000), Between the Lives: Partners in Art (Auckland University Press, 2005), and Her Life's Work: Conversations with Five New Zealand Women  (AUP, 2009) were critically acclaimed for documenting the contribution of women to the arts in New Zealand.

Check out her website for more information:
https://www.deborahshepardbooks.com/