This workshop will explore the various reasons why folks write memoirs, the benefits of writing about one’s life, and the questions and issues arising when doing so.
There will also be an opportunity to try your hand at writing a paragraph of memoir, sharing that with others (if you wish), and considering the next steps in writing memoir.
Presented by: Tom Smith
Tom earned degrees in English from Amherst (Massachusetts), Leeds (UK) and Rutgers (New Jersey). He taught high school in New Jersey, in a community college in Massachusetts, and at the university level at Rutgers and the Univ. of Georgia before teaching and administering for 31 years at Penn State. Widely published on autobiographical topics, he is the founding editor and current Consulting Editor at Lifewriting Annual, now an online scholarly journal available at the Open Library of the Humanities (UK).
The Niagara on the Lake Public Library is located in the beautiful and historical Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada.
The library shares an accessible building with the town’s Community Centre, Nursery School and a café, surrounded by green space and ample parking.
10 Anderson Lane, PO Box 430
Niagara-on-the-Lake ON LOS 1J0
Phone: 905-468-2023
Fax: 905-468-3334
notllibrary@gmail.com
