Author Shin Freedman will lead a three-part workshop to explore the craft of writing memoir at Brooks Memorial Library in Brattleboro on Saturdays from 10-12, on October 1st, October 22nd and November 5th.

Elements of the program include:
• What makes a memoir a memoir
• Writing a meaningful personal essay as a memoir
• Writing a memoir alone and with others
• Sharing one's writing with the participants and making plans to publish their work

Shin Freedman published her memoir A Doll for a Day: Growing up in Post-War Korea in 2019 and an anthology, Accidental American in 2020. She is the recipient of many writing/literary awards including the First Prize winner from Massachusetts for the 30th Anniversary of H-Mart Writing Contest in 2013 and the Vermont Write Action Annual Writing Contest in 2017 and was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar to China in 2016-2017.

The program is free of charge and open to the public. The venue is accessible to people in wheelchairs. Please email info@brookslibraryvt.org or call 802-490-9289 ext. 0 to register. For more information visit www.brookslibraryvt.org or call 802-254-5290 ext.1201. Sponsored by the Friend of Brooks Memorial Library.

Sep 25, 2024, 5 to 6:30 PM

Sep 28, 2024, 11 AM to 12:30 PM

Sep 29, 2024, 2 to 3:30 PM