by Josiane Behmoiras | May 16, 2019 | blog
7 excuses you may use for not starting on your memoir: Excuse #1 ‘… but overall, my life is pretty ordinary’ In my first year at a filmmaking school (long time ago) one of our first assignments was to capture the portrait of an individual. Most of us...
by Josiane Behmoiras | Dec 8, 2016 | blog, Feature
Kate Holden’s account of the changes that pursued her as a person and a writer following overnight literary success was fascinating as she spoke at the December Memoir Salon. At the outset of composing ‘In My Skin’, she wrote so candidly and instinctively about her...
by Josiane Behmoiras | Nov 5, 2016 | blog, Feature
Sparkling as ever, Lee Kofman charmed her audience at The Memoir Salon last Wednesday with her candid talk and surprising insights on the topic emotional honesty in memoir. Listening to Lee, who has been more than brave in her writing, made me realise that while there...
by Josiane Behmoiras | Oct 19, 2016 | blog, Feature
Speaking about hybrid writing and the fluidity of genre, Leah Kaminsky surprised the audience at our inaugural Memoir Salon when she revealed that she hasn’t been comfortable calling herself a memoirist, feeling like an impostor when commissioned to write...
by Josiane Behmoiras | Sep 8, 2016 | blog
October is the chosen month for the inaugural Memoir Salon. The stone-fruits trees of Melbourne are signalling with their new shoots a time of renewal and new beginnings. It may be that October – with it hints of looming end-of-year and all its connotations and...
