Telling Untold Stories
Is there someone in your family or a historical figure whose story deserves to be told? Focussing on the craft of auto/biography, this course will give you the tools to bring these untold stories to life. You will learn how to frame, research and outline your biographical subject with practical input on your writing skills from your tutors.
Please phone centre. All single rooms now taken. Only sharing with another woman now available.
Start Date:
Monday, 23rd June 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 28th June 2008
Monday, 23rd June 2008
End Date:
Saturday, 28th June 2008
Alexander Masters
Alexander Masters wrote the biography of a homeless man, Stuart: A Life Backwards (Perennial). It was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson prize and the Guardian first book award. Visit www.alexandermasters.net.
Julie Wheelwright
Julie Wheelwright is the author of The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari, The Myth of Women in Espionage (both Collins & Brown), Amazons and Military Maids (Pandora Press) and most recently Captive: Esther Wheelwright (HarperCollins).
Julie Wheelwright is the author of The Fatal Lover: Mata Hari, The Myth of Women in Espionage (both Collins & Brown), Amazons and Military Maids (Pandora Press) and most recently Captive: Esther Wheelwright (HarperCollins).
Miranda Seymour
Miranda Seymour is the biographer of Robert Graves and Henry James (both Scribner), and the author of In My Father’s House (Simon & Schuster) – an innovative memoir of the last century. Visit www.mirandaseymour.com.
Miranda Seymour is the biographer of Robert Graves and Henry James (both Scribner), and the author of In My Father’s House (Simon & Schuster) – an innovative memoir of the last century. Visit www.mirandaseymour.com.
This course is based at:
Totleigh Barton
Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Devon
Tel: 01409 231338
Fax: 01409 231144
Email: totleighbarton@arvonfoundation.org
Totleigh Barton
Sheepwash, Beaworthy
Devon
Tel: 01409 231338
Fax: 01409 231144
Email: totleighbarton@arvonfoundation.org
