Lily Dunn in Conversation with Anna Wilson

Lily Dunn won acclaim with her memoir Sins of the Father, here she talks to fellow biographer Anna Wilson and shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir. Her guide, 'Into Being' is published this October and is an essential guide to writing memoir in a radical and empowering way. Drawing on her experience as a memoirist and a teacher of creative writing, Lily Dunn presents the ground-breaking idea that the craft of memoir itself can offer a form of transformation.

Dunn demystifies the memoirist’s art, helping readers to find meaning in raw experience and elevate the personal to the universal. She considers intriguing questions, from why our memories give greater significance to certain events to how we can write honestly without intruding too far into the lives of our loved ones. She also explores how writers are extending the memoir form to create something hybrid, playful and subversive.

In an age of social media, filled with confessions, re-inventions and distortions of the self, the question of what it means to be an individual is more urgent than ever. Into being shows readers how to turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery – one that can be shared with the whole world.

Anna Wilson is a much loved author, writing teacher and mentor. She has written over fifty books for children and is the author of 'A Place for Everything: My Mother, Autism and Me'. Anna and Lily will be in Conversation and welcome questions about your own biographical writing journey.

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• Next month, 18th September, 07:30 pm, An Evening with Ben Aaronovitch in Penzance
• Next month, 25th September, 07:30 pm, Book Launch with local poet, Katrina Naomi in Penzance
• This October, 2nd October, 07:30 pm, Book Launch with Penzance poet, Vivienne Tregenza in Penzance

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