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Winning memoir extracts
More about the writers
Louise Watts, Memoir Winner I have been writing for as long as I can...
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Winning opened
doors I didn’t
know existed
by Fiona Williams
I never set out to be a writer. I am a reader first and foremost,...
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Our memoir winners! Congratulations!
We’re thrilled to announce our memoir winners. Congratulations to the prize winners and thank you...
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‘Don’t read reviews’
My writing life
by Sean Lusk
‘I lapsed once or twice’ ‘Don’t read your reviews’ is famously the advice given...
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How to get an Agent
Chapter one. Why am I a leopord? I was once told the following story by...
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One poem at a time:
how my book got made
I’m not sure I could say exactly how this book got made. On the one...
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Overnight success
58 years in the making
by Nikki May
After 20 years of fast-paced London life running a busy advertising agency, I moved to...
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Memoir shortlist
The final five
Congratulations! Here are the top five shortlisted memoir titles. Well done to all the writers....
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Memoir long list!
The top 12
Congratulations! Here are the top 12 titles on our memoir longlist. Well done to all...