Writing Workshops, Events 2025

Patti Miller is offering just one ongoing live course in Sydney this year,  as well as one-off classes in other locations in Australia and, of course, the Paris Memoir workshop. Any individual or group may contact pmiller@lifestories.com.au to arrange a course. We will send you an Organiser’s Leaflet with information including fees. Specialised life writing courses for particular interest groups such as Indigenous organisations, senior citizens, women’s centres, environmental groups and refugee centres, can be arranged. Class size is limited to 12 participants.

Courses offered include:

Life Writing: an inspiring and practical introduction to autobiographical writing. It looks at accessing memory, voice, evoking detail, scene and structure.

Memoir (Advanced Life Writing, or Masterclass): a follow-up course, extending and adding to writing skills. It explores issues such as narrative voice and structure, the difficulties of truth telling and pushing the limits of memoir.

Writing the Senses: for both non-fiction and fiction writers. It reveals how to build scene, character and narrative through creating the sight, sound, smell, taste and texture of the world.

UPCOMING BOOK EVENTS  2025

Book event : In Conversation
Date: Sat, 22nd Feb
Location: Wheeler Centre Melbourne
Bookings & Info:  watch this space.

WRITING WORKSHOPS 2025

March – Sydney

Title: Writing memoir
Topic: Memoir
Date/Time: 17th March – 19th May
Length: 8 weeks, Mon, 10 am – 12pm
Presented by: Faber Academy
Location:  A&U Building, St Leonards, Sydney
Bookings & Info: More Info and Enrolments

October – Paris 2025

Title: Memoir Writing in Pais
Topic:  Craft of Memoir
Date/Time: 15 -24th October 10 am – 21pm Classes + afternoon individual consultations
Presented by: Better Read Tours
Location: Paris
Info: Better Read Tours

 

PAST BOOK EVENTS  2024

April

Writers Festival : Writers at the Woolshed
Date: 20th/21st April
Location: Wagga Wagga
Bookings & Info:  Info and bookings 

May

Book Event : Growing Up on Wiradjuri Country
Date: 4th May
Location: Bathurst Library
Bookings & Info:  Info and bookings 

June

Book Launch : Writing True Stories
Date: 15th June
Location: Better Read Than Dead Bookshop, Newtown, Sydney
Bookings & Info:  Info and bookings