Nov’s Book Club Pick is the outstanding debut HOTSHOT: A LIFE ON FIRE by River Selby, a memoir about being female-bodied in an elite class of wildland firefighters—and the personal and environmental dangers that come with it. RSVP to the author Zoom 12/4 @ 6:30pm ET tinyurl.com/nov25selby

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"Hell yes!" = what I said when @ronitplank, founder + host of the indispensable Let's Talk Memoir podcast, invited me to join her for a Substack live on 9/26! Swoon. Tune in for Why We Can't Get Enough of Memoir 9/26 at noon ET. We'll be dishing on all things #memoir + Memoiring!

Folks, join us for a Q+A style convo w/ Pulitzer Prize winner 🏆 Tessa Hulls, author of the graphic memoir Feeding Ghosts. 👻 Subscribe to Memoiring (free) to attend for free + bring your content or craft questions for her. Link in bio!

A win for the memoirists! I told myself that applying for grants etc was good practice for articulating what my project was + developing a thick skin. I was shocked to get a YES! Esp now w/all the senseless arts cuts. Books + writing saved me. They will save others. We have to protect them. 🙏

Hi writers + readers! Join us for a live Q&A w/ debut author Ruthie Ackerman 6/2 @ 6:30pm ET. You’re gonna hear about her new book “The Mother Code” EVERYWHERE. We’ll talk maternal ambivalence, the fertility wage gap + tons of memoir craft. 💰 It’s FREE for Memoiring Substack subscribers, also free!

How do turn yourself into a character? What form should your book take? Author Alyssa Ages and I are tackling these topics and more during our super cool IRL workshop at Type Books in Toronto! #memoir
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LIVE AUTHOR Q+A 💥 Join us! Our March Book Club Pick is Woman of Interest by Tracy O’Neill 4/2 @6:30pm ET on Zoom! After a private eye ghosts her, Korean-adoptee O’Neill leads a Sam Spade-like investigation into what happened to the mysterious biological mother she never met tinyurl.com/MarMemoiring

Didn’t want you to miss this! Our February Book Club Pick is “The Leaving Season” (incredibly well-reviewed and ideal for Valentine Day skeptics). Subscribe to sign up for our free author event w/ @kellymcmasters.bsky.social

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I have dream and it’s to make the memoir section closer to the high-traffic parts of the bookstore and not by the broom closet and dusty textbooks on the third floor, per Barnes & Noble Union Square. Who’s with me?

Hi! It’s Melisse of Memoiring, a #memoir book club w/free author Zooms. Excited to hype memoir + connect with readers + writers on #booksky!

Jan Pick: NO ONE GETS TO FALL APART by Sarah Labrie. Grab a copy + join us 1/29!

Love memoir? Do tell + I’ll follow!

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