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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 4m

Looking forward to this …

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2h

Coming up next week at Cheltenham Literature Festival on 13th Oct, authors @lilydunn.bsky.social & @carosanderson.bsky.social discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their own experience, and reflect on how memoirists are reinventing the form in bold ways:

Into Being: Writing Memoir | Cheltenham Festivals

Lily Dunn and Caroline Sanderson discuss the art of memoir, drawing on their experience as both readers and writers of the genre to reflect on how memory i

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Women Writers Network @womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 20m

A ‘clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing’
Wonderful review of Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social We can’t wait to get our hands on a copy. It sounds like essential reading for all memoirists.
#WomenWritersNet
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Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 4m

Thank you!

Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 13h

Thank you xx

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · 22h

On my Reading List: Into Being by @lilydunn.bsky.social
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Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.

www.rte.ie

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 23h

My first review. And book of the week!

Cristín Leach @cristinleach.bsky.social · 1d

I reviewed this superb book about memoir for @rte.ie RTÉ Culture this week.

“Both erudite and utterly conversational in tone… @lilydunn.bsky.social argues that memoir writing can function as a form of radical transformation, for reader and writer alike.”

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited Into Being is launched today

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Publishing today!

Memoirist and teacher @lilydunn.bsky.social shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir. Inspired by her own experience, as well as interviews with fellow memoirists, she shows how you can turn writing memoir into a journey of discovery. ✍🏼 #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

'It will leave you with a towering stack of recommendations on the pile labelled want-to-read-next.'

Thanks to @rte.ie Culture for making @lilydunn.bsky.social's new book 'Into being' their Book Of The Week: www.rte.ie/culture/2025...

Out now, available from bookshops & online. #booksky

Book Of The Week: Exploring the radical craft of memoir

Towards the end of her clearsighted and passionate exploration of the craft of memoir writing, author Lily Dunn quotes memoirists she has interviewed for the book.

www.rte.ie

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TRE - Talk Radio Europe @tre.radio · 2d

On Hannah Murray's TRE in the Afternoon from 16.00CET - @lilydunn.bsky.social with 'Into being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform', Eric C. Rath on 'Kanpai: The History of Sake', and Charlie Brougham's weekend sport round up

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Valeria Vescina @valeriavescina.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to reading @lilydunn.bsky.social’s “Into Being”, which launches today, live on Substack at 7 pm BST! #writing #memoir

Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20d

Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.

Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky

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Joanna Pocock @joannapocock.bsky.social · 4d

London people interested in memoir, the craft of non-fiction, and how we shape lives into words on a page, this is for you!
I will be in conversation at Daunt Books in Notting Hill with @lilydunn.bsky.social and @marinabenjamin.bsky.social ...
See you there!

#nonfiction #writing #memoir

Marina Benjamin @marinabenjamin.bsky.social · Sep 5

This event has all the feels. I'll be chairing, asking what memoir can do that other forms can't, and how each of them was changed by writing theirs @lilydunn.bsky.social and @joannapocock.bsky.social
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Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin

Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 8d

This is such a fantastic project and I really want to take part www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir

Richard Beard says he’s got ‘better at telling the truth’ by arranging his life story on a grid – and invites others to do the same

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Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 13d

Lovely to see @lilydunn.bsky.social's reading list for her excellent book on crafting memoir 'Into Being', and especially to see Some of Us Just Fall described as 'a superlative illness memoir.' Read about the books discussed in the book here: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...

Into Being: a reading list - Manchester University Press

We asked author Lily Dunn to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, Into Being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform. You can also view and shop the...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 13d

INTO BEING: A reading list

We asked author @lilydunn.bsky.social to compile a list of books by the authors she interviewed for her new book, 'Into being'.

Full list on our Blog now, and you can also shop the full list on @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social' @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social page now.

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Gloucester Road Books @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social · 15d

Really looking forward to hosting the great @lilydunn.bsky.social in conversation with @mariannebrooker.bsky.social. October 16th, tickets this way---> www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bos...

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 16d

So lovely to see Into Being out in the world

Polly Atkin @pollyrowena.bsky.social · 17d

So thrilled yesterday to open a package and find a copy of @lilydunn.bsky.social's forthcoming book 'Into Being: the radical craft of memoir and its power to transform'. This is going to be such a useful book for anyone thinking about their own or other people's life-writing. #Memoir #BookSky

Hardback book with lilac, yellow and green landscape on cover, and Into being, Lily Dunn in large white letters, propped upright on rock in lake in september sun, with book cover and trees reflected in lake. Just poking out from behind the book is the end of a yellow kayak

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 16d

Done! Sorry

Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 17d

Yes of course

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 20d

Join us next month as @lilydunn.bsky.social hits the road next month to launch her new book, 'Into being', sharing the secrets of writing memoir.

Coming to a bookshop, festival or university near you, visit our Events page for more info and tickets: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 25d

We spoke to @lilydunn.bsky.social ahead of the release of her new book, 'Into being', about creative process, writers that influenced her, early responses to the book, and much more.

Read the full Q&A on our blog here:
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/09...
#memoir #author #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27d

To celebrate the imminent release of @lilydunn.bsky.social's 'Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform' in October, Lily has compiled a fascinating list of the authors she interviewed for the book for her local @gloucesterroadbks.bsky.social:

Lily Dunn's Memoir Reading list

To celebrate the imminent release of Lily Dunn's Into Being: The Radical Craft of Memoir and its Power to Transform (published October 7th) Lily has given us a fascinating list of the authors that…

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 27d

Author @lilydunn.bsky.social visited her local bookshops in Bath & Bristol earlier this week to deliver advance proofs of her new book.

In 'Into being', Lily shares the secrets of writing a new, transformative kind of memoir.

Pre-order your copy today from all good bookshops & online. #booksky

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Sep 9

Join us at @dauntbooks.bsky.social Notting Hill for a rare double-billing with two extraordinary memoirists, @joannapocock.bsky.social & @lilydunn.bsky.social, as they explore the craft of memoir-writing.

7th October
Tickets on sale now: dauntbooks.co.uk/shop/events/... #booksky

Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin

Buy tickets for the event with Joanna Pocock and Lily Dunn in conversation with Marina Benjamin at Daunt Books Notting Hill from Daunt Books today.

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Lily Dunn @lilydunn.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you!!

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 28d

In @thebookseller.com today, author @lilydunn.bsky.social on how writing memoir can be exposing, but Substack is a good place to experiment.
Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/comment/a-sa...
Lily's new book 'Into being: The radical craft of memoir and its power to transform' is out next month.

A safe space

Writing memoir can be exposing, but Substack is a good place to experiment, says Lily Dunn, author of Sins of My Father.

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