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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 Take a journey of self-exploration through the process of journalling. 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  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. Deborah will be teaching her annual summer school of life writing through Lifelong Education at the University of Auckland from Monday 16 — Friday 20 January, 9.30am - 1pm daily. Her courses fill up quickly so don't miss out.
 View from the historic Signalman's Cottage, Michael King Writers' Centre, 2016. Photo: Josie Irving
 View from the writer's studio, Michael King Writers' Centre. Photo: Deborah Shepard
 When: Tuesday 23 June, 6pm
Where: Takapuna Library Cost: $5 ($3 members) Join us to hear Deborah Shepard speak in conversation with publisher, Linda Cassells about her recently published book, Giving Yourself to Life: A Journal of Pain, Hope and Renewal. Deborah is a biographer, teacher of memoir and a Michael King Writers’ Centre resident. ‘To anyone familiar with negotiating the parameters of pain, Deborah Shepard’s personal story will resonate loud and clear.’ - Wallace Chapman, TV and radio broadcaster. Refreshments start at 6pm with a 6.30pm opening. To reserve your place, email Helen Woodhouse or phone Takapuna Library on 09 890 4903 Writing your heart out with Deborah Shepard: An introduction to the art and craft of memoir20/3/2015
 The Michael King Writers’ Centre is delighted to announce a new series of writing classes on memoir to be led by author, film and art historian, and life writing mentor Deborah Shepard. Her books have been critically acclaimed for documenting the contribution of women to the arts in New Zealand. They include Reframing Women: A History of New Zealand Film (2000), Between the Lives: Partners in Art ( 2005) and Her Life's Work (2009.)  She will appear at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival in May to discuss her latest book Giving Yourself to Life: A Journal of Pain, Hope and Renewal, released by Calico Publishing this year. She held the Autumn Residency at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in 2013, when she worked on her next book Writing Your Heart Out: The Art and Craft of Memoir. Deborah is a highly-regarded teacher of life writing, with years of experience. She has taught courses through the Centre for Continuing Education at The University of Auckland since 2006, is a life writing mentor for the New Zealand Society of Authors and is consultant biographer for Mercy Hospice. There will be six classes in the series, held in Devonport starting April 21. They will cover all aspects of life writing, including exercises. The programme is designed for people who have never written before or who are new to memoir. It will have an intensive small-group format and entry is by application. Memoir classes for beginner writers
Weekly, Tuesdays April 21 to May 26, 2015 | 6 pm to 8.30 pm (6 classes) Cost: $250 incl GST Email: manager@writerscentre.org.nz | Phone: 09 445 8451  In 2015 Deborah will be offering the following memoir courses:
Life Writing with Deborah Shepard, Creative Week on Campus, University of Auckland, 9.30am - 1pm, Monday 12 January - Friday 16 January Writing Your Heart Out with Deborah Shepard: An Introduction to Memoir, Michael King Writers' Centre, 17 March - 21 April (six week course) Writing Your Heart Out with Deborah Shepard: The Art and Craft of Memoir Masterclasses, 29 September - 3 November (six week course) |
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