Bursaries for under represented writers
Our bursary schemes are open for applications until 20th February 2026. The bursary scheme Our...
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Memoir Award
Key memoir dates
Catch up and fire up your words!
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From motivation to inspiration, hear from winners, published authors and literary agents featured in our...
Memoir is Autobiography without the boring bits!
Euan Thorneycroft, agent at AM Heath Literary Agency "I got up at 6.17am, brushed my...
Cathy Rentzenbrink in her own words
Cathy’s books are always hard to put down. They include The Last Act of Love,...
Memoir is Hard. Okay, Maybe It’s not Memoir
By Jarred McGinnis Writing memoir the most important question you can ask yourself is, why...
Tips for Writing and Editing Your Memoir
Joe Sedgwick, Head of Writing Services, The Literary Consultancy
How to pitch your Memoir to an agent
By Florence Rees, A.M. Heath Literary Agency, London
Good memoir reads
In Order to Live. Yeonmi Park There are some stories that can only ever be told...