Call for participants
Writing workshops
Exploring the connection between life-writing & memory
7 & 10 December @glasgow.ac.uk – free, all welcome: lunch & refreshments will be provided
To book your place please email
critstudies-lifewriting@glasgow.ac.uk
lifewriting.glasgow.ac.uk/writing-work...
Writing workshops
Exploring the connection between life-writing & memory
7 & 10 December @glasgow.ac.uk – free, all welcome: lunch & refreshments will be provided
To book your place please email
critstudies-lifewriting@glasgow.ac.uk
lifewriting.glasgow.ac.uk/writing-work...
Writing Workshops – Memory & Care Experience in Scottish Life-Writing
lifewriting.glasgow.ac.uk
November 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Call for participants
Writing workshops
Exploring the connection between life-writing & memory
7 & 10 December @glasgow.ac.uk – free, all welcome: lunch & refreshments will be provided
To book your place please email
critstudies-lifewriting@glasgow.ac.uk
lifewriting.glasgow.ac.uk/writing-work...
Writing workshops
Exploring the connection between life-writing & memory
7 & 10 December @glasgow.ac.uk – free, all welcome: lunch & refreshments will be provided
To book your place please email
critstudies-lifewriting@glasgow.ac.uk
lifewriting.glasgow.ac.uk/writing-work...
My #dissertation is a book now!
Uncountable thanks are due to all the people who supported me during the writing and publication process. I wouldn't have finished this without you!
www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
#academia #firstbook #americanstudies #lifewriting #militaryfemininities
Uncountable thanks are due to all the people who supported me during the writing and publication process. I wouldn't have finished this without you!
www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
#academia #firstbook #americanstudies #lifewriting #militaryfemininities
November 7, 2026 at 5:42 PM
My #dissertation is a book now!
Uncountable thanks are due to all the people who supported me during the writing and publication process. I wouldn't have finished this without you!
www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
#academia #firstbook #americanstudies #lifewriting #militaryfemininities
Uncountable thanks are due to all the people who supported me during the writing and publication process. I wouldn't have finished this without you!
www.degruyterbrill.com/de/document/...
#academia #firstbook #americanstudies #lifewriting #militaryfemininities
It’s National Lifewriting Month. What one ordinary moment of yours deserves to be remembered?
November 6, 2026 at 6:57 PM
It’s National Lifewriting Month. What one ordinary moment of yours deserves to be remembered?
Such a brilliant initiative! A dedicated hashtag is the absolute best way to anchor a community and help writers and readers find their people.
Are there any specific themes or prompts you're hoping writers will explore most under #lifewriting?
Are there any specific themes or prompts you're hoping writers will explore most under #lifewriting?
November 3, 2026 at 12:46 PM
Such a brilliant initiative! A dedicated hashtag is the absolute best way to anchor a community and help writers and readers find their people.
Are there any specific themes or prompts you're hoping writers will explore most under #lifewriting?
Are there any specific themes or prompts you're hoping writers will explore most under #lifewriting?
#WritersAnvil:
No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents.
Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter.
As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths.
#cptsd #lifewriting
No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents.
Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter.
As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths.
#cptsd #lifewriting
October 31, 2026 at 5:45 PM
#WritersAnvil:
No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents.
Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter.
As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths.
#cptsd #lifewriting
No one knows despair like an only child growing up with abusive and neglectful parents.
Truly, no one hears you cry - you just don't matter.
As we grow, we'll lean hard into just trying to matter. This can lead us down the darkest of paths.
#cptsd #lifewriting
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Objects as Memories
We'll explore letting go of objects (as trees let go of leaves); our first home and what it says about us; and writing about others via their belongings.
Friday 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/48f9z…#memoiri#memoryr#lifewritingn#objectsts
We'll explore letting go of objects (as trees let go of leaves); our first home and what it says about us; and writing about others via their belongings.
Friday 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/48f9z…#memoiri#memoryr#lifewritingn#objectsts
November 3, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Objects as Memories
We'll explore letting go of objects (as trees let go of leaves); our first home and what it says about us; and writing about others via their belongings.
Friday 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/48f9z…#memoiri#memoryr#lifewritingn#objectsts
We'll explore letting go of objects (as trees let go of leaves); our first home and what it says about us; and writing about others via their belongings.
Friday 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/48f9z…#memoiri#memoryr#lifewritingn#objectsts
wrote a short essay today about some halloween memories from a kid who grew up in midwest america during the mid-to-late '90s/00's. quick read at toadpress.com !
stay spo0ky
#essay #lifewriting #halloween
stay spo0ky
#essay #lifewriting #halloween
toad press
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October 31, 2026 at 3:24 PM
wrote a short essay today about some halloween memories from a kid who grew up in midwest america during the mid-to-late '90s/00's. quick read at toadpress.com !
stay spo0ky
#essay #lifewriting #halloween
stay spo0ky
#essay #lifewriting #halloween
I said plainly, "Okay. When she's ready to play with my daughter again, she can knock on my door."
#lifewriting #writingcommunity
#lifewriting #writingcommunity
We Go Where We Are Loved, Not Tolerated disxordkitten.substack.com/p/we-go-wher...
October 28, 2026 at 7:05 PM
I said plainly, "Okay. When she's ready to play with my daughter again, she can knock on my door."
#lifewriting #writingcommunity
#lifewriting #writingcommunity
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Objects as Memories
A workshop about the power of objects to spark memory, and about the potential for this connection to be ruptured.
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield, 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/4s9ii…#writingworkshopo#memoriesunearthede#lifewritingng
A workshop about the power of objects to spark memory, and about the potential for this connection to be ruptured.
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield, 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/4s9ii…#writingworkshopo#memoriesunearthede#lifewritingng
October 16, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Objects as Memories
A workshop about the power of objects to spark memory, and about the potential for this connection to be ruptured.
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield, 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/4s9ii…#writingworkshopo#memoriesunearthede#lifewritingng
A workshop about the power of objects to spark memory, and about the potential for this connection to be ruptured.
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield, 6/11, 10am-12pm
Tickets: bit.ly/4s9ii…#writingworkshopo#memoriesunearthede#lifewritingng
A good opportunity, especially for graduate students and early-career scholars. Glad that @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students, esp. @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social students, have been recognized for the past few years. womenwritingwomenslives.org/call-for-pro... #lifewriting
Call for Proposals–2027-2028 Chamberlain Awards | WOMEN WRITING WOMEN'S LIVES
womenwritingwomenslives.org
October 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
A good opportunity, especially for graduate students and early-career scholars. Glad that @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students, esp. @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social students, have been recognized for the past few years. womenwritingwomenslives.org/call-for-pro... #lifewriting
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: 'Music, Art, Theatre, & Film' - how do memories of culture connect with other aspects of our lives?
Sunday 18 October, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4hSuKA6
#writingworkshop #memoriesunearthed #lifewriting #autobiography
Sunday 18 October, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4hSuKA6
#writingworkshop #memoriesunearthed #lifewriting #autobiography
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: Music, Art, Theatre, & Film
A workshop reflecting on connections between experiences of culture and our memories.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: 'Music, Art, Theatre, & Film' - how do memories of culture connect with other aspects of our lives?
Sunday 18 October, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4hSuKA6
#writingworkshop #memoriesunearthed #lifewriting #autobiography
Sunday 18 October, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4hSuKA6
#writingworkshop #memoriesunearthed #lifewriting #autobiography
Anyone interested in living with high risk of Alzheimer's? considering a substack: focus: coming out with ALZ, diagnosis reactions, seeking treatment (there ARE treatments), how brain damage can occur 20 years before symptoms appear. #lifewriting #alzheimer's #brainhealth #cognitive
October 9, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Anyone interested in living with high risk of Alzheimer's? considering a substack: focus: coming out with ALZ, diagnosis reactions, seeking treatment (there ARE treatments), how brain damage can occur 20 years before symptoms appear. #lifewriting #alzheimer's #brainhealth #cognitive
#ElegyforEcho is close to ready for publication. It explores the family silence that followed my opera-singer grandfather's Depression era suicide & its impact on my mother's life. www.vickycosstick.co.uk/elegy-for-ec... #memoir #familyhistory #lifewriting #ebook #indieauthor #literaryfamilymemoir
October 7, 2026 at 11:56 AM
#ElegyforEcho is close to ready for publication. It explores the family silence that followed my opera-singer grandfather's Depression era suicide & its impact on my mother's life. www.vickycosstick.co.uk/elegy-for-ec... #memoir #familyhistory #lifewriting #ebook #indieauthor #literaryfamilymemoir
You have to ask for stories - to save lived history and culture. AI is great for some things but greatest loss is our ability to think, and research to make sure what AI feeds you is correct. Too many already don't think or research, just blindly believe. #AI #lifewriting
AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson
AI threatens to destroy so much of our culture. Our greatest loss might be our ability to listen | Shirleene Robinson
Australians are conversing less every year, with a recent study showing we lost an average of 338 spoken words each day between 2005 and 2019
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2026 at 6:41 PM
You have to ask for stories - to save lived history and culture. AI is great for some things but greatest loss is our ability to think, and research to make sure what AI feeds you is correct. Too many already don't think or research, just blindly believe. #AI #lifewriting
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: People & Place 02/10, 10am-12pm
How, in writing about a place, might we say something about people we remember there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/memories-u...
Low income/access tickets available
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting #autobiography
How, in writing about a place, might we say something about people we remember there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/memories-u...
Low income/access tickets available
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting #autobiography
October 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Memories Unearthed Writing Workshop: People & Place 02/10, 10am-12pm
How, in writing about a place, might we say something about people we remember there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/memories-u...
Low income/access tickets available
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting #autobiography
How, in writing about a place, might we say something about people we remember there?
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/memories-u...
Low income/access tickets available
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting #autobiography
It was a pleasure speaking to @oeaw.bsky.social about one of my most exciting archival finds in the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Disraeli Papers, which led to unearthing the remarkable life of Bettina Wirth. #LifeWriting #cosmopolitanism #fanletters
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
Die vergessene Pionierin Bettina Wirth
ÖAW-Forscherin Sandra Mayer stieß auf Briefe von Bettina Wirth an Autor und Politiker Benjamin Disraeli – und zeigt, wie sich eine Schriftstellerin und Journalistin des 19. Jahrhunderts um Sichtbarkei...
www.oeaw.ac.at
September 29, 2026 at 1:24 PM
It was a pleasure speaking to @oeaw.bsky.social about one of my most exciting archival finds in the @bodleian.ox.ac.uk's Disraeli Papers, which led to unearthing the remarkable life of Bettina Wirth. #LifeWriting #cosmopolitanism #fanletters
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
@fwf-at.bsky.social
@acdh-oeaw.bsky.social
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting Consider before taking action:
An important thought to keep in mind. The leader of a cult is never a member of the cult. A member of the cult does not have the courage to be disliked. Fear dominates their thinking.
An important thought to keep in mind. The leader of a cult is never a member of the cult. A member of the cult does not have the courage to be disliked. Fear dominates their thinking.
September 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting Consider before taking action:
An important thought to keep in mind. The leader of a cult is never a member of the cult. A member of the cult does not have the courage to be disliked. Fear dominates their thinking.
An important thought to keep in mind. The leader of a cult is never a member of the cult. A member of the cult does not have the courage to be disliked. Fear dominates their thinking.
Memories Unearthed: Memories Exposed
Sunday 27 September, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4h82Twv
A workshop about what we learn from writing about others & letting them read what we write.
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting
Sunday 27 September, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4h82Twv
A workshop about what we learn from writing about others & letting them read what we write.
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting
September 22, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Memories Unearthed: Memories Exposed
Sunday 27 September, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4h82Twv
A workshop about what we learn from writing about others & letting them read what we write.
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting
Sunday 27 September, 10am-12pm
At The Writers Workshop, Sheffield
Tickets: bit.ly/4h82Twv
A workshop about what we learn from writing about others & letting them read what we write.
#writingworkshop #memoir #lifewriting
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
If you walk a difficult path
Where intention is your primary mission
In a world where the dimension
Is determined by omission,
Be prepared to laugh.
C.A.F. 9_18_2026
If you walk a difficult path
Where intention is your primary mission
In a world where the dimension
Is determined by omission,
Be prepared to laugh.
C.A.F. 9_18_2026
September 18, 2026 at 5:52 PM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
If you walk a difficult path
Where intention is your primary mission
In a world where the dimension
Is determined by omission,
Be prepared to laugh.
C.A.F. 9_18_2026
If you walk a difficult path
Where intention is your primary mission
In a world where the dimension
Is determined by omission,
Be prepared to laugh.
C.A.F. 9_18_2026
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
The path of service takes many routes, but the goal is always
harmony. Meet each other face-to-face to create a path of trust. "When we eat the same food, we grow more alike. We drop that mask that separates us."
L. Frenzel
The path of service takes many routes, but the goal is always
harmony. Meet each other face-to-face to create a path of trust. "When we eat the same food, we grow more alike. We drop that mask that separates us."
L. Frenzel
September 16, 2026 at 12:55 AM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
The path of service takes many routes, but the goal is always
harmony. Meet each other face-to-face to create a path of trust. "When we eat the same food, we grow more alike. We drop that mask that separates us."
L. Frenzel
The path of service takes many routes, but the goal is always
harmony. Meet each other face-to-face to create a path of trust. "When we eat the same food, we grow more alike. We drop that mask that separates us."
L. Frenzel
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
Intention and Path:
Love Imperfection!
Reject insurrection.
Perfection is a reflection
Mirroring no real direction
Except fo draw your attention
To chaotic contention.
CAF 9/13/2026
Intention and Path:
Love Imperfection!
Reject insurrection.
Perfection is a reflection
Mirroring no real direction
Except fo draw your attention
To chaotic contention.
CAF 9/13/2026
September 13, 2026 at 7:36 PM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
Intention and Path:
Love Imperfection!
Reject insurrection.
Perfection is a reflection
Mirroring no real direction
Except fo draw your attention
To chaotic contention.
CAF 9/13/2026
Intention and Path:
Love Imperfection!
Reject insurrection.
Perfection is a reflection
Mirroring no real direction
Except fo draw your attention
To chaotic contention.
CAF 9/13/2026
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
Almost As If:
Yesterday upon the field of human clay,
Earth's community lost its way
And vanished from this world of forms
To join the ranks of Chaotic storms.
Almost As If:
Yesterday upon the field of human clay,
Earth's community lost its way
And vanished from this world of forms
To join the ranks of Chaotic storms.
September 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
#BookSky #WritingCommunity #WritersCommunity #Poetry #Booksrme #LifeWriting
Almost As If:
Yesterday upon the field of human clay,
Earth's community lost its way
And vanished from this world of forms
To join the ranks of Chaotic storms.
Almost As If:
Yesterday upon the field of human clay,
Earth's community lost its way
And vanished from this world of forms
To join the ranks of Chaotic storms.
What happens when we share our writing with the people who feature in it: how do their reactions feed back into our writing?
@The Writers Workshop, 27 September, 10am-12pm
#writingworkshop #lifewriting #memoir
@The Writers Workshop, 27 September, 10am-12pm
#writingworkshop #lifewriting #memoir
September 11, 2026 at 12:08 PM
What happens when we share our writing with the people who feature in it: how do their reactions feed back into our writing?
@The Writers Workshop, 27 September, 10am-12pm
#writingworkshop #lifewriting #memoir
@The Writers Workshop, 27 September, 10am-12pm
#writingworkshop #lifewriting #memoir
If you'd like to attend one of my upcoming talks or workshops, I've just updated my events page for September and October. I do hope you can join me. 😊💚
More info, incl. booking links, on my website: nicwilson.co.uk/events-talks...
#naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
More info, incl. booking links, on my website: nicwilson.co.uk/events-talks...
#naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
September 9, 2026 at 6:42 PM
If you'd like to attend one of my upcoming talks or workshops, I've just updated my events page for September and October. I do hope you can join me. 😊💚
More info, incl. booking links, on my website: nicwilson.co.uk/events-talks...
#naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
More info, incl. booking links, on my website: nicwilson.co.uk/events-talks...
#naturewriting #lifewriting #memoir @summersdalebooks.bsky.social
Yes, Write About Your Trauma, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think via @JanetFriedman
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#AmWriting #WritingLife #Trauma #LifeWriting
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#AmWriting #WritingLife #Trauma #LifeWriting
Yes, Write About Your Trauma, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think | Jane Friedman
Whether or not your memoir is published, it’s important to get it off your chest before the rest of your life’s work can come through.
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September 4, 2026 at 10:48 PM
Yes, Write About Your Trauma, But Not for the Reasons You Might Think via @JanetFriedman
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#AmWriting #WritingLife #Trauma #LifeWriting
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#AmWriting #WritingLife #Trauma #LifeWriting