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All of Deborah's past and upcoming events

Lecture at the National Library, Wellington

5/11/2018

 
Date: Thursday, 15 November, 2018
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Cost: Free. You don't need to book. 
Location: Tiakiwai Seminar Room, Lower Ground floor, National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets. Entrance on Aitken Street.
Contact Details: events.natlib@dia.govt.nz

Join Deborah Shepard to hear her account of the genesis of the book The Writing Life.
The book began with an oral history project for the New Zealand Society of Authors, that was funded by an Award in Oral History in 2015. The history project was to record the stories of senior members of the New Zealand literary community:
  • Joy Cowley
  • Marilyn Duckworth
  • Tessa Duder
  • Chris Else
  • Patricia Grace
  • David Hill
  • Witi Ihimaera
  • Fiona Kidman
  • Owen Marshall
  • Vincent O’Sullivan
  • Philip Temple, and
  • Albert Wendt.
Deborah will outline the process from oral history into book and the surprises and discoveries she made along the way about the challenges and pleasures of the writing vocation from 12 of our most experienced and brilliant practitioners.
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Lunchtime Event at Unity Books

5/11/2018

 
WHEN: Thursday 8 November 12pm
WHERE: Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington

Join Unity Books & Massey University Press for a lunchtime event!
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Deborah Shepard in conversation with her publisher Nicola Legat, and with readings by Dame Fiona Kidman and Patricia Grace.
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Book Launch: The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors

2/10/2018

 
All Memoirists and life writers who have attended Deborah’s courses, or follow her work are invited to the launch of The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors.

WHEN: Tuesday 6 November, 6pm
WHERE: Auckland Central Library, level two

​Memoir Workshop with Deborah Shepard

2/10/2018

 
Words Will Work: South Auckland Writers Festival  26 - 27 October 
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WHEN: Saturday 27 O October 9:00 AM - 10:30AM
WHERE: Conference Room, Mangere East Community Centre, 372 Massey Road
Limited places.

​Memoir is the ideal genre for people young and old, to discover their writing voice because this is your story, you know it best. You have the skills to express your experience in your own words.
On this workshop with experienced teacher Deborah Shepard, you will be introduced to techniques that will assist you to unlock your creative voice in a safe and friendly environment. The session will also include a talk on the joy of writing memoir, a definition of memoir and an introduction to a reading list including excerpts from some of the great autobiographies and memoirs. There will also be a writing exercise: 'A defining childhood memory'. 
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Journal Workshop with Deborah Shepard

20/3/2018

 
Identify key writing strengths and continue developing those skills through journaling.

We are living through increasingly turbulent times, in an age awash in digital content that is often edifying and conducive to creativity but equally, it can be disruptive to concentration and to maintaining a calmer and more contemplative mode of living.

This journalling workshop presented by an experienced tutor and journaler Deborah Shepard offers a quiet sanctuary where you can reconnect with your inner life and find out what you are thinking through writing exercises, and discussion and analysis of the form with reference to some of the great journalers.

WHEN: 4 x Saturday 9, 16, 23 and 30 June, 9:30am-2:00pm
WHERE: The University of Auckland
COST: $310.00 incl. GST
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Life Writing 2: Writing Memoir and Biography

12/2/2018

 
Writing memoir involves an intricate interplay between writing down and preserving your own memories and constructing biographical accounts of the people, including the ancestors, who have left an imprint on your life.
On this course, you will receive tuition on the fundamentals of writing memoir and biography and its ethical implications along with techniques that will assist you to write with flair and originality about the key figures, both living and from the past, who have influenced and helped shape your life. It is suitable for participants who have not yet completed Life Writing 1.

WHEN: 5 mornings, Monday 9 - Friday 13 July, 9:30am - 1:00pm
WHERE: The University of Auckland, Building No. 810, 1-11 Short Street, City Campus
COST: $310.00 incl. GST

Limited to 15 participants
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Life Writing with Deborah Shepard

30/10/2017

 
Everybody has the skills to write their life story. Life Writing with Deborah Shepard is designed for people who have never written before and participants who already enjoy writing in other genres and want to try memoir.
Under Deborah’s gentle guidance you will experience a summer writing school like no other. You will have five blissful days to indulge your dream and write your heart out in a collaborative and supportive environment.
WHEN: 5 mornings, Monday 15 - Friday 19 January, 9:30am - 1:00pm
WHERE: The University of Auckland, Building No. 810, 1-11 Short Street, City Campus
COST: $300.00 incl. GST

Limited to 15 participants
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You Want to Write Your Memoir: The Value of a Writing Class

22/6/2017

 
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Writers at work
On the final evening of the 2016 Master Classes in Memoir, at the Michael King Writers Centre, I sat in the sitting room, beneath the portrait of New Zealand historian and biographer Michael King by Annette Isbey, and observed nine writers, their heads bowed in concentration, hands moving swiftly across the white page, writing with the timer on, fifteen minutes only, writing rapidly, as I have trained them to do, free of the censor judging their work, because they know that when the timer rings there will be additional time, immediately, to edit what they have just written.

​The only sounds in the room were the rubbing of pens over paper and the fridge humming in the kitchen next door. Below in the garden mutabilis roses were still flowering in May amongst the pale purple and lilac velvet flowers of salvia Leucantha and the spikes of orange and pink dahlias while over the sweep of grass, above the road that winds down the volcanic cone of Takarunga, I could see the city shining across the slick of black water that is Waitemata harbour at night. Again and again I feel the magic of this special setting.

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Life Writing with Deborah Shepard

12/5/2017

 
Everybody has the skills to write their life story. Life Writing with Deborah Shepard is designed for people who have never written before and participants who already enjoy writing in other genres and want to try memoir.

Under Deborah’s gentle guidance you will experience a late Spring life writing workshop like no other. You will have five blissful days to indulge your dream and write your heart out in a collaborative and supportive environment.

WHEN: 5 mornings, Monday 17 - Friday 21 July, 9:30am - 1:00pm
WHERE: The University of Auckland, Building No. 810, 1-11 Short Street, City Campus
COST: $285.00 incl. GST

Limited to 10 participants
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Journal Workshop with Deborah Shepard

9/3/2017

 
Take a journey of self-exploration through the process of journalling. 
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WHEN: 4 mornings, Saturday 22 April - 13 May, 9:30am - 2:00pm
WHERE: The University of Auckland, Building No. 810, 1-11 Short Street, City Campus
COST: NZD$265.00 incl. GST
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​We are living through increasingly turbulent times, in an age awash in digital content that is often edifying and conducive to creativity but equally it can be disruptive to concentration and to maintaining a calmer and more contemplative mode of living.
​
A journalling workshop with experienced tutor and journaller Deborah Shepard offers a quiet sanctuary where you can reconnect with your inner life and find out what you are thinking through writing exercises, and discussion and analysis of the form with reference to some of the great journallers. This  workshop will appeal to people wanting to use the journal for self-exploration, or to develop formal writing skills for other projects, or to chronicle and preserve your daily observations of the world, from the humble and small, to the splendid and sublime.
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  • Home
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    • The Writing Life >
      • Reviews & Interviews
    • Giving Yourself to Life
    • Her Life's Work
    • Translucence
    • Between The Lives
    • Reframing Women
    • Tributes
    • Personal Writings >
      • Travel Journal
      • Elegy for a friend
      • Christchurch - Post Quakes
      • On a residency
      • Deborah’s Love Letter to the Women’s Bookshop
      • Deborah's Q & A With Unity Books
  • Writing Memoir
    • Defining Memoir
    • The Participatory Model
    • Tips on Writing and Posting a Story
    • The Value of a Writing Class
    • From writing course to book publication
    • Your Writing Space
    • Writing on a Theme >
      • Window
      • Surviving a Crisis
    • Reviews of Memoir
  • Writers' stories
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  • About
    • Testimonials
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