Memoir Writing Workshop

Join a memoir writing class with Nova Weetman to help you uncover the themes of your life!



2 hours Class size 1 to 12 guests

$85 (Afterpay available)


Join Bad Writers Club for a memoir writing class with Nova Weetman at the Chestnut Tree Bookshop in Melbourne!
Writing about your life can feel both awkward and empowering. And sometimes, it’s difficult to wade through a lifetime of experiences and pick moments that can form a narrative.
In this two-hour workshop, author Nova Weetman (memoir Love, Death & Other Scenes) will teach you how to look at yourself as a character, how to flesh out moments in your life that you would like to write about, and how to craft them into short-form personal narratives.
The workshop will also touch on the ethics of memory in memoir and who owns the story. And there will be plenty of time to ask Nova questions about memoir writing.
Nova will use her own life-writing examples for The Guardian and the Sydney Morning Herald to teach what she thinks works best when connecting with a reader and how to use dialogue, tense and structure in short form memoir. Perfect for writers at all stages.

Knowledge required
Beginner-friendly.
 
What you'll get
  • Snacks and drinks
  • Resources
  • Good times!
What to bring
  • Pens
  • Paper
  • Laptop
Location

The Chestnut Tree Bookshop, Barkly Street, West Footscray VIC

Memoir Writing Workshop location
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Your teacher

Nova Weetman

Nova Weetman

5.0 (4)

Since leaving the world of screenwriting, Nova Weetman has published 18 books for children and young adults, including: The Secrets We Keep, Sick Bay, Outlaw Girls and The Edge of Thirteen. Nova’s books have been CBCA Notables, shortlisted for the Readings Children’s Prize, Japan’s Sakura Medal, the NSW Premier’s History Prize and more. She won the ABIA Award for Best Children’s Book Small Publisher in 2021. Nova’s adult memoir, Love, Death & Other Scenes, was published in 2024. Nova writes for The Guardian and The Age and appears regularly on ABC Radio Melbourne, talking about children’s books.




Your host

Bad Writers Club
Bad Writers Club

4.9 (62)

WRITING & EDITING WORKSHOPS & EVENTS
Ridiculously fun
Unashamedly lowbrow
Naarm (Footscray)
BWC was born out of a desire to write with freedom and wild abandon … to write and create with no limitations, judgement, or self-imposed barriers.
We all have the right to suck … in fact, we MUST suck on the way to becoming GOOD!
It takes bravery to keep going when it feels like everything that comes out is utter rubbish … but there’s a reason we call it a writing PRACTICE.
Good writing comes with time and repetition, but it can be a really hard and lonely experience, so we created BWC.
A place for all kinds of writers to be together, try things, make mistakes, learn stuff, and have a massive amount of fun in the process.
BWC is more than a writing club. It’s a place to suck in safety, while growing, stretching yourself to be better, and surrounding yourself with folks who get it.
2025-01-03 15:00:00
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